…Splendour’ shows up well at this time of the year beside the other Cordylines and the Phormiums. Cordyline ‘Southern Splendour’ Cordyline ‘Southern Splendour’ Clematis ‘Silver Moon’ is a new addition…

…bred by Roy Scamp. Narcissus ‘Mr Julian’ First close up this year of a bud and flower on Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ 2024 – CHW…

…seedling (ie from same seedpod) of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ sister seedling (ie from same seedpod) of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ sister seedling (ie from same seedpod) of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Another…

…the top of the tree. Not as dark or as large a flower as in earlier years but still impressive. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia…

…is now full out too. What an impressive plant this is! Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ (US bred) is now full out too…

…the 5 ‘Splendours’ on the bank above the front door. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ and Camellia japonica ‘Magnoliifolia’ A close up of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ which the east wind has blown…

…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Roy Lancaster and Jaimie Parsons ceremonially plant Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Roy Lancaster and Jaimie Parsons ceremonially plant Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Meanwhile our spaniel ‘Mr Billy’, does a…

…all around. Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ Aesculus glabra Aesculus glabra This is mislabelled but I think it is Aesculus ‘Dallimorei’ as you…

…Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Suzannah van Veen’ now fully out with M. ‘Caerhays Belle’ in the background. Magnolia ‘Suzannah van Veen’ Magnolia ‘Suzannah van Veen’ Magnolia…

…to admire it. seedling from the same crop as the one which produced ‘Caerhays Splendour’ seedling from the same crop as the one which produced ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’…

…Splendour’ is a new one to us but clearly in the ‘Peachy’/’Daybreak’ category. Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ Cestrum ‘Newellii’ full out in flower in the nursery. Cestrum ‘Newellii’…

…‘Caerhays Splendour’ at its peak today. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ just starting. Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ Magnolia…

…Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ doing well in Tin Garden. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ just out. Our plant failed to make it onto the…

…forming on Podocarpus matudae (male). Podocarpus matudae Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ full out. Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ flowering for the first time. Two previous plants…

…in the fields. 7,500 acres of vegetable crops in Cornwall mainly on rented ground from Land’s End to Port Eliot. Southern England Farms Southern England Farms Courgettes are the main…

…improve. Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Pale mauve new growth on Saxegothaea conspicua. You would have expected it to be light green and, indeed, on other plants in dappled…

…(this proved not to be correct). Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Aesculus woerlitzensis with dark red flowers. Aesculus woerlitzensis Aesculus woerlitzensis Aesculus bushii with much larger double pink flowers…

…Alba Group (seedling). Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (seedling) and Magnolia campbellii Alba Group (seedling) The rather inferior sister seedlings to Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the drive. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ It has some…

…Ririei Opening slightly wind scuffed by the recent east winds. Magnolia mollicomata Magnolia ‘Purple Splendour’ and Michelia doltsopa look good together in the distance. Magnolia ‘Purple Splendour’ 2021 – CHW…

…(very different from ‘Elegans Supreme’) – a gentle pink. Camellia japonica ‘Elegans Splendour’ Camellia japonica ‘Elegans Splendour’ Camellia japonica ‘Comte de Gomer’. Camellia japonica ‘Comte de Gomer’ Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana…