24th March 1897 – 2020

…conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ Magnolia ‘Purpurascens’ – second flowering. This is very good too as I thought last year. Should the name really be M. denudata var. purpurascens. I assume so….

31st March

…Burncoose (10% discount on all purchases). Magnolia ‘Venus’ at Burncoose in a pot. Magnolia ‘Venus’ Magnolia denudata ‘Purpurascens’. Magnolia denudata ‘Purpurascens’ Magnolia denudata ‘Purpurascens’ Acacia melanoxylon with immature and mature…

31st May

…show even as a young plant. Cornus ‘Venus’ Cornus ‘Venus’ Philadelphus purpurascens in Tin Garden. Philadelphus purpurascens Philadelphus purpurascens Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry…

6th June

…the serious gardening fraternity after so long.The Deutzia purpurascens in the trade stand area. Deutzia purpurascens Deutzia purpurascens Acer carpinifolium as a mature tree by the car park at Tregrehan….

3rd March

…full flower in March! Strobilanthes wallichii Acer purpurascens an interesting evergreen species with woody bark. Acer purpurascens Acer purpurascens Magnolia lotungensis still has no buds despite being a champion tree….

18th March

…‘Purple Spider’. Clematis macropetala ‘Purple Spider’ Magnolia ‘Pink Pyramid’ – first flowering in the nursery. Magnolia ‘Pink Pyramid’ Magnolia ‘Purple Globe’. Magnolia ‘Purple Globe’ Magnolia denudata ‘Purpurascens’. Magnolia denudata ‘Purpurascens’…

11th April

…‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Purpurascens’. Magnolia denudata x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ supposedly. Cannot see this really but this matches the picture in the Eisenhut book….

12th April

…Magnolia ‘Purpurascens’ is rather better than anything we saw yesterday. Magnolia ‘Purpurascens’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ is perhaps an odd name for a red camellia? Some/most flowers are single with large…

21st April

…‘Caerhays Belle’ seedling I assume. Again a purchase from Cherry Tree as I remember it. Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Purpurascens’ – we have others but first nice flowers on this…

20th February

…Hydrangea chinensis – from Taiwan Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ Deutzia purpurascens – variable – ours purple Deutzia longifolia – pink or white flowers Indigofera pendula ‘Shangri La’ – AGM –…

28th March

…also Krume. 1931 – JCW The early Kobus is covered with bloom, a few blooms on the nursery Stellata seedling. Mag denudata purpurascens shows colour in the bud of a…

2nd April

…shade. I see a topical tip video looming. Camellia pittardii Acer purpurascens has been looking sickly and is now dead. The penalty these new introductions pay for tender autumn new…

7th April

…from the show including Illicium ‘Halley’s Comet’. (Also Cotoneaster lancasteri, Philadelphus purpurascens ‘Brown Leaf’ and Picea crassifolia – all from Mr. Locke). Purchases from the show Purchases from the show…

12th May

…Betula fansipanensis as well. Betula fansipanensis Deutzia longifolia in Tin Garden – what a flower! I need to compare this with D. purpurascens and the rather smaller flowered Deutzia ‘Dark…

25th March 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia ‘Pickards Firefly’ Magnolia ‘Sayonara’ has a much smaller whiter flower than I remember. This plant was originally Magnolia denudata var purpurascens otherwise known in the 1920s as Magnolia sprengeri…