24th March

…discolor ‘Sixteen Candles’ Leucadendron salignum x discolor ‘Sixteen Candles’ Leucadendron salignum x discolor ‘Sixteen Candles’ Cercis chinensis ‘Arondale’ with more flowers than I have ever seen on a small tree….

12th October

…jam? Mespilus germanica Mespilus germanica Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ has a single seed pod. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Amazingly Cercis canadensis ‘Flame’ has a crop of flowers. It was…

29th March

…and should recover. A small growing variety which flowers very early and copiously. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’ still has plenty of perfect flowers…

8th February

…blackout came and did not notice at first. Then refused to go upstairs until he had finished his cheese. You try finding the bloody candles in the total darkness in…

31st January

…the new clump of Rhododendron williamsianum is showing colour. It looks like a hybrid/seedling of Magnolia sargentiana robusta. magnolia opposite the new clump of Rhododendron williamsianum Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ above…

23rd January

…About three or four years from planting. Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ First colour showing on Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ which was decimated by The Beast last year. Magnolia ‘Sweet…

27th February

…Magnolia ‘Ians Red’ Camellia ‘Fairy’ was newly planted in 2016 and imported from France. Quite nice. Camellia ‘Fairy’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ was like this in early January last year. Magnolia…

23rd February

…the pruned back Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Stachyurus lancifolia has sprung open earlier than usual. Now renamed Stachyurus praecox var. matsuzakii according to Hilliers who say it is…

5th September

…‘Susan’ Magnolia ‘Susan’ Ditto on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Odd secondary flowers on the hard pruned Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Clematis vitalba flowering on and covering…

22nd February

…frosted in bud Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ a Gresham hybrid. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ The Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta in the Rireii Opening is just starting. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Beside it…