…show today. Magnolia campbellii x campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Raffillii Group’ Another Magnolia ‘Valentine’s Torch’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ –…

…campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Then to Tregrehan. Sassafras randaiense in flower which I had not seen before. Sassafras randaiense Sassafras randaiense Cupressus chengiana. Cupressus chengiana Pseudotsuga wilsoniana…

…flowers here than ever before and a real show today. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ First flower on Magnolia zenii which is later…

…below Donkey Shoe. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ A nursery visit and larger camellias look good by the sales point. camellias camellias The Hellebores look good too…

…Congreve. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ The Embothrium above Roger’s Quarry which was nearly dead has had a haircut but I doubt it will reshoot. Embothrium Michelia…

…flexicaulis Camellia ‘Holfordiana’. Camellia ‘Holfordiana’ Camellia japonica ‘Onetia Holland’ in the shop area. Camellia japonica ‘Onetia Holland’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ now full out. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Magnolia campbellii…

…the yellowing is more pronounced. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Already the New Zealand Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ is shedding tepals onto the ground. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’…

…– CHW Another Rhododendron moupinense with just a single flower by the garden entrance. Rhododendron moupinense Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ rather splendid in the evening light. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’…

…swelling on Lindera communis. Lindera communis Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ showing very little yellow this year in its blown open flowers. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Very first pendulous flowers out…

…high up to do justice to. Also planted in 2007 and now much taller than ‘49er’. Magnolia zenii Similarly a few flowers on Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’. Yellow as it…

…both colours on the same bush. Camellia ‘Adelina Patti’ Camellia ‘Adelina Patti’ The yellowish Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ is now properly out. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Below is a full…

…Magnolia campbellii looks a bits better colour in the sun. Magnolia campbellii The largest Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ is just starting. Unlike the other one which we saw last week…

…surrounds but it can be premature as here. Photinia nussia First flowers on Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Pterostyrax species nova (BWJ15185) still holding some of its…

…Farm/ Estate which the family bought in 1928. Another 1810 snippet about a timber sale 2022 – CHW A third plant of Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ with its first flowers….

…Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butler’ layers The yellowish white Magnolia campbellii behind the greenhouse is just starting. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Five naturalised clumps of very different semi…

…‘Valentines Torch’Three different Blooms M. ‘Lanarth (New Zealand form), ‘Bishop peter’ & ‘Felix Jury’ – 1st M. ‘Lanarth (New Zealand form), ‘Bishop peter’ & ‘Felix Jury’ – 1st M. ‘Valentines…

…‘Erythrocladum’ with a good display of autumn colour already. It is usually early but not this early! Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ with its first big crop of…

…longicarpa Nothing showing yet on Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Camellia reticulata full out above the Aucklandii Garden. Camellia reticulata Droplets of water cover Stachyurus chinensis ‘Joy…

…Hugely depressing and now 43 insurance claims. The demise of Eucalyptus nicholii, a Record Tree, in Hurricane Goretti. Eucalyptus nicholii Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ showing colour. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’…

…layer remains of this exceptional form. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron ‘Champagne’ (‘Tortoiseshell Champagne’) – a Slocock hybrid. Rhododendron ‘Champagne’ Rhododendron ‘Champagne’ Rhododendron ‘Fusilier’ Rhododendron ‘Fusilier’ Rhododendron ‘Fusilier’ Rhododendron ‘Golden Torch’ Rhododendron…