…Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ This one is also labelled as Magnolia stellata ‘Kiskei’ but the striping is rather less pronounced and it is certainly paler….

…and excellent as usual. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Raspberry Fun’ A young Betula luminifera ‘White House Farm’ with enormous female catkins forming but not yet ripe….

…cinnabarinum? Is it lepidote or elepidote – need to check. MAGNOLIA ‘Raspberry Fun’ MAGNOLIA ‘Raspberry Fun’ aka ‘Leonard Messel’!! Jim Gardiner puts me firmly right in an email on Magnolia…

…the better flower. A bit similar to Magnolia ‘Wodas Memory’ but smaller. MAGNOLIA kobus ‘Octopus’ MAGNOLIA kobus ‘Octopus’ MAGNOLIA ‘Raspberry Fun’ MAGNOLIA ‘Raspberry Fun’ c) Quite the best new thing…

…and better pink than the one seen yesterday in the Savill Garden. Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ with its first flower out. Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ Rhododendron…

…Garden’ Wonderful trunks and bark on Lithocarpus hancei. Lithocarpus hancei Lithocarpus hancei A dangling branch from an old Pinus pinaster. Pinus pinaster Magnolia x loebneri ‘Raspberry Fun’ now full out…

…Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ – what a colour! Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’…

…is just producing its flowers and will be fine. Perfect even! What a colour contrast. Corydalis ‘Berry Exciting’ Corydalis ‘Berry Exciting’ Argyranthemum ‘Raspberry Ruffles’ is a new introduction to us…

…not that different. Telopea ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ Santolina rosemarinifolia ‘Lemon Fizz’ with its bold yellow foliage is new to the catalogue. Santolina rosemarinifolia ‘Lemon Fizz’ As is Pulmonaria ‘Raspberry Splash’. Pulmonaria…

…pulverulenta ‘Raspberry Ice’ [ALONGSIDE] Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Blue Sky’ Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Raspberry Ice’ Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Blue Sky’ Cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’ – another plant which shows up well in a tent. Cornus…

…fiery colours on Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Raspberry Ripple’. Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Raspberry Ripple’ One set of magnolias all re-potted and tidied up for winter. magnolias The site is cleared for the new…

…Deutzia to give summer colour. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ is the centrepiece with Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’, Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’, Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ and Magnolia ‘Mighty Mouse’ included as well. A new…

…‘Raspberry Fun’ is just coming out in Kennel Close. This smaller growing magnolia will have great public appeal and is a great improvement on ‘Leonard Messel’. This is Symplocus dryophylla…

…Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Stardust’ had largely dropped already. Not as pink as ‘Raspberry Fun’. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Stardust’ Coprosma grandiflora Coprosma grandiflora Surprised to find Daphne bholua ‘Garden…

…been put to bed even after our Meliosma hunt at Tregrehan last week. The return match here next summer promises to be fun. Here are our 4 plants of M….

…Rubus formosensis is another raspberry species which we ought to offer. Evergreen with flower buds showing. Not in Hillier’s but looks very saleable. We need to offer more rubus species…

…start properly. The Hovel The very last and rather pathetic raspberry on Rubus tricolor. Rubus tricolor 2019 – CHW Quercus x schuettii ‘Silver Shadow’ putting on a nice autumn show…

…This raspberry is very late to fruit and already the leaves have great red and purple autumnal tints. Last year we saw fruit in November I think? Rubus ichangensis Rubus…

…dahlia species which we bought in February. Still no sign of a flower. Mexican dahlia species Mexican dahlia species The Korean raspberry, Rubus tricolor, has plenty of fruit but mice…

…Rubus phoenicolasius Honey fungus strikes quickly. This young Hydrangea aspera villosa is near an old felled Prunus insignis and the fungus has clearly caught one of the main stems. Wilted…