…is exceptional and easily the best magnolia here today. One of Jim Gardiner’s favourites too. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Powder Puff’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Powder Puff’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Powder Puff’…

…rhododendrons, lower down, had not. rhododendrons Dacrycarpus dacrydioides is making good headway as a small tree (Podocarpaceae family). Dacrycarpus dacrydioides Magnolia x loebneri ‘Powder Puff’ had caught it! Magnolia x…

…loebneri ‘Mags Pirouette’ on the drive. Is this better than Magnolia x loebneri ‘Powder Puff’ which grows in Forty Acres? I will go and see tomorrow but there is not…

…a hydrangea and there are no outer florets or petals at all. Hydrangea arborescens ‘Eco Pink Puff’ Hydrangea arborescens ‘Eco Pink Puff’ Hydrangea arborescens ‘Eco Pink Puff’ Agreed to swop…

…Hovel hydrangea triangle. Nearly as good as loebneri ‘Powder Puff’ and ‘Wildcat’ I think. Magnolia loebneri ‘Mag’s Pirouette’ Magnolia loebneri ‘Mag’s Pirouette’ Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest’s Pink’ now full out and…

…– CHW This is, I think, the Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) although there seem to be many sorts of puffball which are quite similar. Not much ‘puff’ with all this…