…‘Black Swan’ leaves a week on. Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ just out. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ A young Magnolia nitida getting…

…‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ A huge elderly clump of Rhododendron loderi which I usually miss during Chelsea week is out early. Quite a sight today. Rhododendron…

…A young Sorbus gonggashanica putting on a good show. Sorbus gonggashanica Sorbus gonggashanica Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ now at its very best. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Aesculus assamica. Aesculus…

…the Main Ride. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ The first flower high up on Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’. Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ The tree-like…

…the buds and flowers so much larger than on the original? Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ The Magnolia ‘Daphne’ in Kennel Close is still looking good….

…What a simply wonderful magnolia this is! Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ A few Crataegus species in flower perhaps for the first time: Crataegus combyi Crataegus…

…M. globosa? while the former is a cross between M. sieboldii and M. tripetala x M. obovata. I doubt there is much globosa in ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ We…

…kweichowense Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ full out 10 days earlier than usual and another Chelsea defector. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ 2018 – CHW Jaimie and the garden team have…

…fraseri The largest Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ in flower at 30ft+. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Rehderodendron kweichowense (WWJ 12019) flowering for the second time ever and rather more profusely….

…buds in Kennel Close turns out to be Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Label has vanished. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Aesculus woerlitzensis is nicely in flower. I do not think…

…Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Philadelphus satsumi just out. Philadelphus satsumi Philadelphus satsumi Still good flowers on Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Azalea flowers burnt off prematurely in the heat…

…and smelling delicious. Only its second year of flowering. The flowers here are much larger than on the 25 year old original tree. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia…

…‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Firmania simplex leaves badly eaten by slugs. I fear this plant is too tender for us. Firmania simplex 2016 – CHW Jaimie’s team have cleared…

…stamineum Rhododendron stamineum Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ at its best. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ just coming. Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ The old, gnarled and much damaged Paulownia tomentosa in the…

…crassifolia come from Ecuador. Magnolia fansipanensis comes from North Vietnam’s tallest mountain. If you are still confused so am I!] Magnolia crassifolia Magnolia crassifolia Magnolia crassifolia Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ was…

…Opal’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ (M. obovata x M. globosa). Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ with nearly ripe fruits. Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ Sadly our…

…var hayatainus A simply perfect bud on Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ just coming out. The white form in more shade not yet showing. Rhododendron…

…canadensis ‘Flame’ Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ is nearly as fine as Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. The outer tepals are pink at first. Here there is a flower on the very top twig…

…now full out. Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ Aesculus woerlitzensis Aesculus woerlitzensis Aesculus woerlitzensis Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ is out just a few days before ‘Summer Solstice’. The former is Magnolia sieboldii x…

…than usual as well. Normally this and the similar M. ‘Summer Solstice’ are out at the same time. Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Juglans cinerea just into leaf. Juglans cinerea Eucalyptus mannifera…