18th April

…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 ‘Plum Drops’…

18th December

…above the two veitchiis. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sugar Plum’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Sugar Plum’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Sugar Plum’ Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ was full out three weeks from the first flower…

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…

21st March

…huge surprise! Cephalotaxus 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…

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

…hybrid 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…

16th February

…newish New Zealand Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ 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…

17th February

…of its name a fortnight after the first two flowers were blown open. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ The gigantic flowers of Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ are just…

1st August

…Apple ‘Coxs Orange Pippin’ Plum ‘Victoria’ was also loaded with fruit. Plum ‘Victoria’ Plum ‘Victoria’ Escallonia ‘Compacta Coccinea’ was looking good and makes a nice shrub. Escallonia ‘Compacta Coccinea’ Escallonia…

2nd March

…stage. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ at its absolute best. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ A young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ – breathtaking today in the sun. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia…