19th March

…x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Westonbirt’. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Westonbirt’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Westonbirt’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x…

10th March

‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Wakehurst’. Magnolia campbellii…

7th August

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ performing again in August. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ A sad story…

23rd August

…Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Fruits forming and already ripening on Cornus alternifolia. Cornus alternifolia Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spires’ full out. Clethra alnifolia…

25th March 1897 – 2020

…form? Magnolia ‘Anticipation’ Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ – more Star Wars than purple in its first flowering. Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star

8th March

…of Old Park and looking good but, again, I cannot trace a name. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x M. ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x M. ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Mark Jury’ – good…

31st October

‘Star Wars’. An amazingly prolific tree and a UK Record Tree too. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Nicely contrasting autumn colours on Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia…

17th January 1897- 2020

…2019 – CHW Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ has had the odd rather decimated flower as we have seen over the last two or three months but here is a proper one…

8th April

…classes for 12 vases. The main display classes for 12 vases The Caerhays magnolia exhibits which were ‘Best in Show’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’. Magnolia…

4th January 1897- 2020

…picture is so poor. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ A clump of seedling Eriobotrya japonica (fourth japonica in three days!) planted on an old bonfire where I thought they…

23rd March 1897 – 2020

…is a better (less muddy) colour this year than usual. Magnolia ‘‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘‘Star Wars’ There are three seedlings from Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ which have clearly crossed up…

9th February 1897 – 2020

…in the wind in Kennel Close. Tiny flowers which are unformed and yellowish. Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’ similarly afflicted….

26th August

…Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ with many tertiary flowers as usual. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ A fallen branch from Magnolia sargentiana robusta with ripe seeds now popping out of the…

2nd March

…a good show. Is there now a proper registered name? Need to do some detective work. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Volcano’ (Hornau) Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Volcano’ (Hornau)…

28th September

…yet another: Magnolia ‘Star Wars’. Unusually this year the second flowering is rather pale as opposed to being much darker than the spring flush. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’…

2nd August

…new flush of secondary flowers much redder than those in the spring. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ 2017 – CHW You seldom see teasels in Cornwall but they are…

16th March

…Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x…

16th March 1897 – 2020

…the colour of the bud! Another New Zealand bred winner which will go on to be very popular as a later flowerer. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy…

22nd January 1897- 2020

…– CHW As expected Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ has several flowers showing a rather pale colour. Not as far out as its sister, Magnolia ‘Red Lion’, pictured a week or so…

1st January 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ has about five flowers showing colour which is perhaps not that unusual but they do seem to be fresh spring buds. Perhaps the first magnolia of the…