29th July

…leaves and apricot-yellow flowers. Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ An amazingly large specimen shrub of Bowkeria verticellata, the Natal shellflower bush, laden down…

29th May

…is very fine too. This plant needs re-staking yet again. Crataegus laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’ Rhododendron ‘Lems Monarch’ at its very best. Rhododendron ‘Lems Monarch’ Rhododendron ‘Lems…

30th May

…much as it turns out. The yellow iris from several Chelsea’s ago – I have forgotten its name unfortunately. yellow iris Philadelphus melanocalyx from Tom Hudson with its first flowers….

15th September

…really sick looking big plant in Areas 23, 26 and 25 is strangely Crataegus laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’. Leafless already and covered in white and yellow lichen (bad sign in a…

23rd May

…(BSWJ 11608) is now fully out although the leaves are still yellowish. Rhododendron ‘Mrs J.C. Williams’. Rhododendron ‘Mrs J.C. Williams’ Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ at its best. Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia…

31st March

…looked last week and nothing but Jaimie has snapped it today (M. ‘Yellow Bird’ x M. ‘Caerhays Belle’). You do not really see the yellow in the opening flowers in…

20th April

…US not Brussels provenance though. This year so far it is a far better yellow than ‘Yellow Bird’ but not usually. ‘Yellow Bird’ may have been blown open early. Magnolia…

5th May

…the garden during the tour. The attendees spent lunch hearing Chelsea anecdotes of some naughtiness! yellow magnolia lecture yellow magnolia lecture yellow magnolia lecture The best magnolia show in the…

3rd June

…var. leveillei The beautiful bronzy new growth on Fagus longipetiolata. Fagus longipetiolata Fagus longipetiolata Gorgeous yellow new growth on Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’. Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ The best

13th April

…and unimpeded by other plants. M. ‘Yellow Bird’ – strutting its pomp. This really is one of the best yellows and no leaves showing yet. Such a pity it is…

17th April

…all agree is the best of the third and latest generation of yellow magnolias. ‘Lois’ is probably the second best. Magnolia ‘Lois’ Magnolia ‘Serene’ is the last, as usual, of…

14th May

…with a yellow throat. Again unnamed or unknown anyway. white deciduous azalea with a yellow throat white deciduous azalea with a yellow throat A very late flowering huge Rhododendron sinogrande…

23rd April

…record sized Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ just coming with the leaves. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia [?] Magnolia [?] Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ nearly over. Magnolia ‘Yellow

24th April

…and look at some other possibilities. [I found the answer: it is ‘Sundance’!] yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia A big bonfire of an old dead yew and…

18th April

…looks much more like a Rhododendron royalii cross to me. Rhododendron haemaleum var. atrorubrum Rhododendron ‘Damaris’ on the main path. It used to be one of the best yellow hybrids…

26th April

…Prince’ The unusual combination of Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ and Michelia laevifolia. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Exochorda tianschanica is, I think, turning out to be a nicer flowered plant than the other…

11th April

‘Yellow Bird’ just coming out. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Sybille’ (M. x soulangeana ‘White Giant’ x M. ‘Leda’). Magnolia ‘Sybille’ Magnolia ‘Sybille’ Magnolia × soulangeana ‘Brozzonii’ – in Penvergate –…

3rd April

…‘Acropolis’ Narcissus ‘Acropolis’ Narcissus ‘Moondragon’ Narcissus ‘Moondragon’ Narcissus ‘Geranium’ Narcissus ‘Geranium’ Narcissus ‘Geranium’ Narcissus ‘Yellow Cheerfulness’ Narcissus ‘Yellow Cheerfulness’ Narcissus ‘Yellow Cheerfulness’ 2019 – CHW Still no rain!A flower on…

2nd April

‘Yellow Lantern’. Magnolia ‘JC Williams’ Werrington’s Abiss cup award winning entry of rhododendron species – the award for the best exhibit in any class in the show (and me judging!…

16th April

…at its best. Clematis on Tower not open. 1910 – JCW Plenty of daffs, yellow trumpets over. Cherries coming on, pendula at its best. Clematis on Tower began to open….