…RHODODENDRON ‘Temple Belle’ RHODODENDRON ‘Temple Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Temple Belle’ is an orbiculare x williamsianum hybrid which I suspect may have been produced at Werrington Park (same ownership as Caerhays until…

…stunning as a tight clump. Azalea ‘Melina’ Rhododendron ‘Temple Belle’, a williamsianum hybrid which we obtained as cuttings from just inside the gate of the Chinese garden at Werrington. Rhododendron…

…bench (not ours). Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Tom & Jo Hudson’s superb Michelia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’. Michelia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ The…

…lapidea Magnolia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’ in full flower. We have just planted one here. Magnolia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’ Larix kongboensis. Larix kongboensis Tom’s Magnolia campbellii. Tom’s Magnolia campbellii The first…

…reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lila Naff’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lila Naff’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Dreamboat’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Dreamboat’ Camellia reticulata ‘Ming Temple’ – not one I had heard of…

…with two additional topgrafts The view from the temple back to the house. view from the temple Primula veris in their enormous wild flower meadow in the walled garden. Several…

…Magnolia maudiae (all slightly different) were the showstopper for the visit. Seed collected (not by Tom) from a selected plant in a Chinese temple originally. Huge flowers and much larger…

…frost damage below White Styles. frost damage Magnolia ‘Susannah Van Veen’ – the New Zealand cross akin to ‘Caerhays Belle’. Magnolia ‘Susannah Van Veen’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’…

…the eye in the cash point by the till. Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia reticulata ‘Dr Clifford Parks’ is equally large and imposing. Normally a…

…Note the darker colouring as the flowers first open, then lighter as they open fully. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’…

…Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Another group of my father’s hybrids which I need to track and identify. Another group of my…

…with M. ‘Caerhays Belle’ in the background. Magnolia ‘Suzannah van Veen’ Magnolia ‘Suzannah van Veen’ Magnolia ‘Jersey Belle’ at its very best as well. Magnolia ‘Jersey Belle’ The emerging view…

…original Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ has, thankfully, escaped the frost reasonably well particularly lower down. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ First flowers on Magnolia x loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ outside the…

…Looks wonderful today in the sun. Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ This is labelled Halesia parviflora which is a synonym for (the correct) Halesia carolina. Its…

…is clearly the other way around because the wind has spoilt Belle. This is Susanna. ‘Susanna van Veen’ ‘Susanna van Veen’ ‘Susanna van Veen’ This is the ‘Caerhays Belle’ nearby…

…and a young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ The view through the arch with Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ nearly at its absolute best. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum. Rhododendron arboreum subsp….

…not resist yet more of ‘Caerhays Belle’ in the sun. ‘Caerhays Belle’ ‘Caerhays Belle’ ‘Caerhays Belle’ ‘Caerhays Belle’ ‘Caerhays Belle’ ‘Caerhays Belle’ ‘Caerhays Belle’ 2016 – CHW The bluebells are…

…‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana More of the newly planted Amelanchier collection have their first flowers: Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Cloud’…

…‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Purpurascens’. Magnolia denudata x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ supposedly. Cannot see this really but this matches the picture in the Eisenhut book….

…Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’ Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Jersey Belle’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Jersey Belle’ Another Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ still in new growth in full shade. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ Fagus sylvatica…