31st March

…Ilex kingiana covered in berries. Ilex kingiana Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ is a serious ‘flopper’ once its flowers are out. Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ Magnolia ‘Wada’s

8th April

…garden of this variety. Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ Rhododendron fargesii full out in the main quarry. I showed this starting to come out at least five weeks ago….

29th March

…open like M. salicifolia ‘Wadas Memory’. An introduction from Eisenhut’s nursery. Magnolia salicifolia ‘Van Veen’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Van Veen’ Telopea speciosissima in full flower. The first time I have ever…

10th January

…but they are high up and well formed or is this in fact Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ ? Too high up to tell. This is above Crinodendron Hedge next to the…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 4)

…Probably Rhododendron ciliicalyx or a named form was stunning. Rhododendron ciliicalyx Rhododendron ciliicalyx Rhododendron ciliicalyx Rhododendron ciliicalyx Rhododendron pocophorum Rhododendron pocophorum Rhododendron pocophorum Magnolia ‘Felicity’ (Magnolia sprengeri diva x ‘Wadas

21st January

…Despite not being on the plan for the area above the greenhouse this (from memory) was planted as Phyllostachys edulis. The quickly emerging and massive new shoots have been photographed…

3rd July

…I am puzzled by the hay rick, or stooks of corn, on the left as I do not think that particular field has been ploughed in living memory. Today there…

18th November

…now nearly full out on the drive rather earlier than last year from memory. Some years not showing until Christmas. Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum The unnamed Camellia x…

11th February

…‘Dorothy Wykoff’ from memory. Pieris ‘Dorothy Wykoff’ Pieris ‘Dorothy Wykoff’ First flowers full out on the American Oemleria cerasiformis. Oemleria cerasiformis The Camellia ‘Adelina Patti’ on the Main Ride has…