…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 Memory’ Narcissus…

…Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ full out and unblemished. One of several today in the garden of this variety. Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ Rhododendron fargesii full…

…scent. The flowers do not flop when fully open like M. salicifolia ‘Wadas Memory’. An introduction from Eisenhut’s nursery. Magnolia salicifolia ‘Van Veen’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Van Veen’ Telopea speciosissima in…

…Snow’ 2016 – CHW Two flowers blown out on Magnolia ‘Dr Merrill’ but they are high up and well formed or is this in fact Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ ? Too…

…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…

…in the heat of the last week. Rhododendron decorum Last flowers on Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’. Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ A young Embothrium coccineum ‘Ñorquinco’ doing well as it was on our…

…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 for this…

…secondary new growth and is also doing well so far. Pittosporum glabratum First flowers out on a Pieris this this. This is Pieris ‘Dorothy Wykoff’ from memory. Pieris ‘Dorothy Wykoff’…

…Garden Kitchen Garden Kitchen Garden Eunice did fell this fir tree onto the old remains of the potting shed but no additional damage. fir fir My earliest memory of the…

…gale with half its roots out of the ground. Trachycarpus wagnerianus Earlier in the week a sad moment when the family of Pam Kitts placed a beautiful bench in memory…

…Burncoose Garden Karol’s recent overfly of Burncoose Garden Karol’s recent overfly of Burncoose Garden Lamorna admires a magnolia beside a lake in Northern Italy. Perhaps ‘Dr Merrill’ or ‘Wada’s Memory’?…

…a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Rhododendron macabeanum and Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’. Rhododendron macabeanum Symplocos paniculata in flower. Symplocos paniculata Symplocos paniculata The Fellows gathered on the lawn. The Fellows…

…to level it all off ready for planting next week. This will be a planting in memory of Dad and will incorporate many of the hybrid magnolias and rhododendrons which…

…macabeanum now full out with Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ behind it. Rhododendron macabeanum Good to see the elderly Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’ still flowering away. Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’…

…the better flower. A bit similar to Magnolia ‘Wodas Memory’ but smaller. MAGNOLIA kobus ‘Octopus’ MAGNOLIA kobus ‘Octopus’ MAGNOLIA ‘Raspberry Fun’ MAGNOLIA ‘Raspberry Fun’ c) Quite the best new thing…

…Linney which he refused to name. Magnolia mollicomata x Magnolia dawsoniana from memory but it is perhaps better than both? One of Dad’s hybrids Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ is now full out….

…is still fully leafed up in more shelter. Quercus lamellosa Rhododendron desquamatum just opening fully with the odd flower left on Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ behind it. Some years both perform…

…swamped out by adjacent magnolias (as was the plan) but what a dark red. Perhaps the darkest and best? Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ I memory of the above…

…party in memory of Andrew Leslie who died at Christmas and had a family only funeral. A glorious day and plenty of time to have a good look at the…

…6 weeks since I photographed this in its pomp. Camellia japonica ‘Optima’ A young Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ planted in memory of Christine Henderson flowers for the first time. Magnolia…