27th June

…Seaview. This is one of four animals that visit. Red squirrels Phygelius aequalis ‘Yellow Trumpet’ Phygelius aequalis ‘Yellow Trumpet’ Two mice in the bird feeder. mice Sollya heterophylla growing outside…

14th May 1897 – 2020

…white deciduous azalea with a yellow throat. Again unnamed or unknown anyway. white deciduous azalea with a yellow throat white deciduous azalea with a yellow throat A very late flowering…

18th May 1897 – 2020

…the morning we have been laughing about the difference between Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ and Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’. The latter has a yellow centre in the trumpet and the flowers are…

16th April 1897 – 2020

…out and the hint of yellow which it has initially has faded. Rhododendron ‘Martha Wright’ Rhododendron ‘Martha Wright’ Rhododendron ‘Martha Wright’ Rhododendron ‘Bergs Yellow’ above Rogers Quarry is also new…

13th January 1897- 2020

…and the plant is turning yellow. This is the second or third mature plant to have died from the base up. I do not think it was rabbits originally. Only…

15th April 1897 – 2020

…emerging leaves this year rather than being swamped by them. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Rhododendron desquamatum is its usual bold colour in the evening sun….

5th May 1897 – 2020

…plant of Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ is doing rather better than the other. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Halesia macgregori with its first flower. Another plant has flowered profusely at…

20th April 1897 – 2020

…oddity or odd yellow. US not Brussels provenance though. This year so far it is a far better yellow than ‘Yellow Bird’ but not usually. ‘Yellow Bird’ may have been…

29th May

…these are too high up to see properly. Cordyline australis Cordyline australis Cordyline australis Philadelphus sericanthus. Philadelphus sericanthus Tail end flowers on Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s…

13th April 1897 – 2020

‘Yellow Bird’ is nearly over. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’, beside it, has yet to show. Most years they are out together but usually with some leaf already out on both. After…

7th March 1897 – 2020

…plant rather than dropping them to the ground. Camellia ‘Jurys Yellow’ is especially ghastly in this respect. It grows alongside Camellia ‘Donation’ which is just as guilty. Camellia ‘Jurys Yellow’…

27th May

…‘Fabia’ has a low spreading habit and is just as good as ‘Winsome’. Rhododendron ‘Fabia’ Rhododendron ‘Fabia’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’ is orange-red in bud opening yellow. The plants are absolutely…

2nd November

…nothing like this. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ What I have always known as Mahonia lomariifolia is full out alongside ‘Yellow Hammer’. The botanists have had…

7th January 1897- 2020

…‘Jurys Yellow’ Camellia ‘Jurys Yellow’ As is Camellia ‘Lady Clare’; perhaps the second japonica variety to show. The old one by the front door is not out yet but many…

17th March 1897 – 2020

…are good and the white Auklandii hybrids are just starting. The Berberis hedges have never been better and yellow trumpets are out as to ¾ of them, the first poets…

24th April 1897 – 2020

…go and look at some other possibilities. [I found the answer: it is ‘Sundance’!] yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia A big bonfire of an old dead yew…

10th February 1897 – 2020

…has also suddenly brought the yellow form of Magnolia campbellii into flower. The buds are yellow and the reverse of the tepals remains yellow for a while before fading to…

28th April

…to view the best yellow magnolias. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ was sadly nearly over and I have missed it (planted 1997). The nearby Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ was not out yet (planted…

23rd May

…speech has to contain a joke about the yellow leaves not being yellow as well as an appeal to traditionalists. This is a plant grown by an amateur over 20…

29th July

…superb new Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ which has green leaves unlike our Crocosmia ‘Solfatare’ which has bronzy leaves and apricot-yellow flowers. Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ Crocosmia…