…‘Serene’ Magnolia ‘Serene’ A decent dark red Rhododendron arboreum which I had not noticed recently. Rhododendron arboreum The flower catkins on Acer negundo var. violaceum are a delight blowing in…

…Tulip’ x M. Serene’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. Serene’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. Serene’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’. Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia cylindrica x M. ‘Darjeeling’. Magnolia cylindrica x…

…‘Darjeeing’. Magnolia cylindrica x M. ‘Darjeeing’ Eucalyptus gregsoniana from Roundabarrow with interesting foliage. Eucalyptus gregsoniana Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Serene’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Serene’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’…

…flowers are smaller and paler than usual. Magnolia ‘Serene’ Magnolia ‘Serene’ Tilia mongolica ‘Harvest Moon’ just coming into leaf. Tilia mongolica ‘Harvest Moon’ Laurus azorica nicely out and covered in…

…eucryphia near Tin Garden. An excellent plant to grow in the north of the country. Magnolia ‘Serene’ Magnolia ‘Serene’ Rhododendron ‘Loch Aure’ is very nice by the Pound. It looks…

…‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Serene’ – an interesting first flower. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Serene’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Deep Purple Dream’ – now named ‘Aphrodite’ or ‘Antje…

…Magnolia ‘Serene’ is the last of the genuinely tree magnolias to come out. Here still mainly in bud and just a few flowers blown open high up. Three weeks or…

…at 6ft in the east winds. Pinus radiata Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Serene’ is not bad but windblown. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Serene’ The new growth on Tilia endochrysa is,…

…‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Serene’ with one flower left. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Serene’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Prunus ‘Horinji’…

…pink or red at this late stage. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Serene’ full out with the first yellow deciduous azalea in front of it. One of my father’s azalea hybrids not…

…loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ x Magnolia salicifolia) Magnolia ‘Lucy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Lucy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Serene’ (no name as…

…‘Lili Diva’ Magnolia ‘Lili Diva’ Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’. Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ Magnolia ‘Amethyst’. Magnolia ‘Amethyst’ Magnolia ‘Amethyst’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Serene’. Magnolia…

…M. ‘Serene’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Serene’ 2024 – CHW A trip to Old Park to see newer later flowering magnolias.The dwarf growing Rhododendron canadense just coming out. Rhododendron…

…nameworthy. unnamed hybrid Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ and Magnolia ‘Atlas’ on the drive. Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ and Magnolia ‘Serene’ also on the drive. Magnolia ‘Caerhays…

…‘Tikitere’ in Old Park is just coming out undamaged. One of the very last ‘tree’ magnolias to perform and even later than ‘Serene’. Last year it was equally late but…

…I assume. A bit like ‘Serene’? Never seen before here. Worth buying from New Zealand for the next catalogue. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ An unnamed present from Tony Kirkham at Kew in…

…Kitchen Garden Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ was showing colour two weeks ago but only now out. Even later into flower than even M. ‘Serene’, M. ‘Margaret Helen’ and M. ‘Apollo’. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’…