…water meadows to achieve lift off. single swan single swan single swan The recent gales have destroyed what little autumn colour there was so far and broken a few leading…

…now in the centre of the Old Park. 2019 planted. Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Theodora’ is Maurice Foster’s UK bred M. ‘Dark Shadow’ x…

…have seen on bought in magnolias named this. I think we have the correct plant but have not yet seen it perform properly. Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia…

…farreri Magnolia ‘A.E. Bold’ ready to go out to a customer in the packing shed. Magnolia ‘A.E. Bold’ Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ now properly out in flower. Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia…

…not M. foggii or white!? Magnolia foggii or Magnolia laevigata ‘White Caviar’ Magnolia foggii or Magnolia laevigata ‘White Caviar’ We used to call this Michelia yunnanensis – now (apparently) Magnolia…

…in White Styles clearance work in White Styles Clearance of Storm Goretti along Bond Street. The debris dragged into the moor. Clearance of Storm Goretti along Bond Street Clearance of…

…Rider’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ largely unfrosted. Strange shape as the bud unfurls. Camellia ‘Giant White’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ First leaves on Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’ coming into leaf…

…Mexico) First flower on Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’. Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia japonica ‘White Swan’ is covered in flower. Camellia japonica ‘White Swan’ Camellia japonica ‘White Swan’ First few…

…name. Acacia cyclops Callistemon citrinus ‘White Anzac’ – yellow yes but white never seen before. This one living! Callistemon citrinus ‘White Anzac’ Callistemon phoeniceus – does not look like a…

…the sun. Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Salix moupinense (from Tom Hudson / Vietnam) is very different from Salix fargesii despite what the reference books say. I…

…1975. In their nursery called ‘White Charm’. It does not look like a white Abutilon vitafolium but we could be wrong? white form of Abutilon x suntense white form of…

…‘White Swan’ much earlier into flower than expected. Anemone ‘White Swan’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ also very early to be out. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Bergenia ‘Morgenröte’ also out absurdly early. Bergenia…

…‘Simple Pleasures’ – simple indeed and little pleasure! Magnolia ‘Simple Pleasures’ Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ is full out and smelling gorgeous. Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ But Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’…

…news. Camellia ‘White Swan’ with the odd flower. Camellia ‘White Swan’ The camellia sales beds – full with good healthy plants. camellia sales beds camellia sales beds Genista ‘Porlock’ just…

…A pure white lapageria ready to plant by the front door. There used to be one in this bed 30 years ago but it got smothered by a camellia. white…

…coming out. Rhododendron canadense Magnolia ‘Elisa Odenwald’ has one white flower. This is a Todd Gresham hybrid between M. x soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’ and M. x veitchii. Far too like…

…camellias already in flower in a tunnel. Some sasanquas you might expect to be out but not a couple of the others. Camellia sasanqua (pink). Camellia sasanqua Camellia ‘White Swan’….

…I discover another nearly pure white deciduous azalea below the Kalopanax septemlobus but this one has a faint yellow flash which is not present in every individual flower. ‘White Swan’…

…Plantation. Another plant of Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ in the Isla Rose. Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x M. campbellii ‘Betty Jessel’ is good but, yet again, I can find…

…usual. Billy Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ is finally out in full with a blue sky behind it. The ‘dog shit on stalks’ has largely blown away. Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’…