18th April

…in the rockery and here are some replacements. Menziesia ciliicalyx (Rhododendron ciliicalyx) Menziesia ciliicalyx (Rhododendron ciliicalyx) Menziesia ciliicalyx (Rhododendron ciliicalyx) Menziesia ciliicalyx ‘Plum Drops’ Menziesia ciliicalyx ‘Plum Drops’ Menziesia ciliicalyx…

18th December

…worth Asia propagating. One young plant above the two veitchiis. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sugar Plum’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Sugar Plum’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Sugar Plum’ Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ was full out…

5th April

…bend over much. So onto the drive to review Vance Hooper’s other introductions besides Magnolia ‘Genie’ and Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ mentioned earlier as excellent. MAGNOLIA ‘Plum Pudding’ 02 MAGNOLIA ‘Plum

6th April

…with Prunus domestica, the plum, as we do find in hedgerows elsewhere, but the leaf is nowhere near that of a plum. Anyway it is startlingly good here today well…

1st August

…Orange Pippin’ was starting to colour up nicely. Apple ‘Coxs Orange Pippin’ Plum ‘Victoria’ was also loaded with fruit. Plum ‘Victoria’ Plum ‘Victoria’ Escallonia ‘Compacta Coccinea’ was looking good and…

23rd January 1897 – 2020

…but nothing showing on this yet. ‘Plum Pudding’ is normally much later. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ 2018 – CHW First flowers on Magnolia ‘Ethel Hillier’ found by Jaimie in Forty Acres…

16th February 1897 – 2020

…are looking plum-like I suppose above Crinodendron Hedge. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Rhododendron siderophyllum is out by Higher Quarry Nursery. Not a hugely exciting species but fairly new to us (or…

17th February 1897 – 2020

…the apex of the small tree. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ now worthy of its name a fortnight after the first two flowers were blown open. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’…

21st March 1897 – 2020

…fortunei – the Chinese plum yew, full of flower for the first time ever or ever seen by us anyway. The plants are dioecious so the two we have are…

19th February

…serrula Sadly the buds on Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ have been frosted to mush in some instances. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Camellia trachocarpa with its first bulbous and odd flower buds in…

6th March

‘Plum Pudding’ now fully out. A small round headed shrub and not a big tree. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ A white flowered Bergenia ‘Bressingham White’ by the front door peeping out….

7th March

…white. The next guess is M. ‘Plum Pudding’ or M. ‘Cleopatra’. It is not far off our ‘Plum Pudding’ but our plant does not have an erect upright habit. M….

8th March

…‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ (?) is a totally different colour to our other New Zealand plant which was a specific gift from Vance…

26th March

…‘Gold Finch’. Magnolia ‘Gold Finch’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’. Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ – the two plants we have now are different in colour (but not shape). Not an…

28th April

…ago. Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ First flowers on another Magnolia lilliiflora ‘Holland Red’. Magnolia lilliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ ruined by the cold this year. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Nice vases…

23rd July

…of Cornish elms. Another hedgerow is still untouched. Dead elm These are not sloes growing on blackthorn but, rather, smallish plums or bullens on a small naturalised hedgerow plum tree….

6th October

…then thought were male as opposed to female plants. The seed capsules themselves do not look like the date plum, which is the common name for Cephalotaxus, but when you…

12th October

…probably justified in terms of risk. Tree surgery Tree surgery Tree surgery A single pale secondary flower on Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Schima khasiana with many less flowers…

10th January

…even the evergreen azaleas in Kennel Close. The bite marks are fresh and obvious. azaleas Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ loaded with buds. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Rhododendron arboreum ssp. cinnamomeum now out…

12th January

…today. Illicium anisatum Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ has only a few buds this year. Frosted in flower last season. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Magnolia ‘Susanna van Veen’ is shedding its outer bud…