29th July

…superb new Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ which has green leaves unlike our Crocosmia ‘Solfatare’ which has bronzy leaves and apricot-yellow flowers. Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ Crocosmia…

29th May 1897 – 2020

…the best ones of course. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – yellow form Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – yellow form A carpet of fallen flowers under one of the Rhododendron ‘Mrs Bulters’. A…

30th May 1897 – 2020

…fine too but in need (again) of re-staking. I wonder why we never grew this here before? Crataegus laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’ Aesculus carnea ‘Briottii’ has a…

15th September

…laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’. Leafless already and covered in white and yellow lichen (bad sign in a young plant) it has plenty of dieback but some this year’s new growth lower…

23rd May 1897 – 2020

‘Yellow Fever’ still has quite a few flowers left out. It was very late into flower this year. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Three groups of my father’s rhododendron…

31st March 1897 – 2020

…before its leaves emerge (as here) but these are dark green edged with yellow. The odd leaf is sometimes completely yellow. The plant is only 10 years old but already…

5th May 1897 – 2020

…plant of Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ is doing rather better than the other. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Halesia macgregori with its first flower. Another plant has flowered profusely at…

20th April 1897 – 2020

…oddity or odd yellow. 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…

14th May 1897 – 2020

…white deciduous azalea 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…

28th April

…out January) An incredibly long flowering season for any plant! 2018 – CHW Off to Penvergate to view the best yellow magnolias. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ was sadly nearly over and…

13th April 1897 – 2020

…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 in Penvergate and not…

3rd June

…new species. Prostanthera baxteri Paeonia ‘Bartzella’ – a good double yellow. Paeonia ‘Bartzella’ 2023 – CHW Over the next couple of days the idea is to catch up on our…

17th April 1897 – 2020

…its first flowers out. A delicate yellow and a very different shape to Magnolia ‘Daphne’ which we all agree is the best of the third and latest generation of yellow

3rd April 1897 – 2020

…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 the large Rhododendron sinogrande which…

14th October

…Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Podocarps swelling on Podocarpus henkellii. Podocarpus henkellii The horrid smell of quinces again fills the air by Slip…

24th April 1897 – 2020

…go 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…

3rd March 1897 – 2020

…but the buds are yellow! yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Fallen petals below the Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New…

6th December

…of the autumn colour on Rehderodendron macrocarpum. Rehderodendron macrocarpum Gingko biloba just getting to its best yellow but tomorrow’s storms will prevent us seeing it at its best this year….

2nd April 1897 – 2020

…new leader so the plant can grow on again. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Rhododendron niveum on Sinogrande Walk. See how the flowers fade in colour…

10th May 1897 – 2020

…– one of three plants now full out. Absolutely the best yellow so far without question. 1932 – JCW The hybrid Magnolias are at their best. Sargentiana has passed. Cherries…