…‘Northern Belle’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Northern Belle’ Magnolia laevifolia x maudiae, a 2020 gift from Raf Lenaerts has taken off as well. I need to send Raf these photos. Magnolia laevifolia…

…moto Magnolia/ Manglietia kwangtungensis/ moto Magnolia virginiana ‘Northern Belle’ has its first couple of buds two years on from planting. Magnolia virginiana ‘Northern Belle’ Acer sikkimense (WJC 13674) with wonderful…

…Gold’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ (syn. ‘Magic Fire’ or ‘Feuerzauber’) Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ (syn. ‘Magic Fire’ or ‘Feuerzauber’) The Northern Polytunnels lorry unloads our new multi span tunnel. Northern…

…to Azalea ‘Northern Hi-Lights’ but not quite. The more I look at Mr Galle’s book on azaleas that lists thousands of deciduous varieties the more stuck I get. Without more…

…The best performance from it so far but the wind is strong in its face. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ 2017 – CHW A trip around with some northern friends. The first…

…this one will be much admired in the future. Crataegus ellwangeriania ‘Fire Ball’ Tilia dasystyla was only planted this year. Collected by Bob Cheary in northern Iran. Huge leaves already…

…2017 – CHW First flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘Muskoka’. Muskoka is a township in northern Canada where my grandmother’s family lived. Definitely rather late this year. My grandmother was…

…The new multi span tunnel is going up fast but, typically, Northern Polytunnels have not supplied all the bits. multi span tunnel George Williams’ plant boxes ready for a big…

…insignis Clematis forsteri in flower in the greenhouse. Ilex spinigera, a liner with flowers which was a gift from Roy Lancaster last week. Roy actually collected this species in northern…

…below the Magnolia veitchii. My grandmother was born in Muskoka in northern Canada and my mother was evacuated there for the was which she hated. Camellia x williamsii ‘Muskoka’ A…