…photograph it despite having to make a detour to do so as the road was closed in Frogpool. Acacia dealbata Acacia dealbata Acacia dealbata Another holly which I had hoped…

…a gale. With its leaves still intact it made an easy target but the base was somehow rather rotten. Magnolia dealbata Magnolia dealbata Magnolia dealbata Camellia x williamsii ‘Galaxie’ just…

…inlet. Another inlet Another inlet Cyathea dealbata growing away and little frost damage. Cyathea dealbata Cyathea dealbata Cyathea dealbata Another landing point. Another landing point Acacia melanoxylon is a huge…

…as last year. Magnolia globosa A young Magnolia dealbata with its very first flower. The older plant was out 10 days ago. Magnolia dealbata My first photographs I think of…

…Acacia dealbata tree near Ponsanooth. This year I find an even better one in a garden nearer the nursery at the edge of Frogpool. Acacia dealbata Acacia dealbata 2022 –…

…this one but quite a sight as it performs here. Acacia verticillata Acacia verticillata Acacia dealbata not over blessed with flowers this year. Cut it down to let it reshoot…

…(again) of last year’s dry summer which this Mexican species enjoyed. Magnolia dealbata Magnolia dealbata Staphylea colchica has formed its bladders quickly in the hot weather. I do not remember…

…over. Magnolia dealbata Rhododendron Tally Ho Group looking splendid below the oldest M. dealbata. I had not noticed it before. Rhododendron Tally Ho Group Rhododendron Tally Ho Group Still plenty…

…Magnolia dealbata. Magnolia dealbata Swelling female flowers and declining male associates on Platycarya strobilacea. Platycarya strobilacea Cudrania tricuspidata (now Maclura tricuspidata) – the Chinese silkworm thorn. I had forgotten that…

…loaded with ripe seeds. They hang down in tassels like sophora seeds. Acacia dealbata Acacia dealbata One of those big leaved hebes that grow badly in wet Cornwall is doing…

…The massive trunk of the Quercus acuta above Roger’s Quarry. Quercus acuta Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x M. virginiana. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x M. virginiana First flower out on Magnolia dealbata….

…at Caerhays and have seen the odd flower but nothing as fine as this. The same stable and vintage as Magnolia ‘Genie’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ 2015 – CHW ACACIA dealbata Acacia…

…happened before. Gevuina avellana Still plenty of leaf on a young Magnolia dealbata. Magnolia dealbata Flower buds emerging from Fatsia polycarpa which will be out soon. Fatsia polycarpa The leafless…

…Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ A huge fallen leaf from Magnolia dealbata. leaf from Magnolia dealbata 2021 – CHW Reports of a Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ being out in flower on…

…spring. Rhododendron morii x Rhododendron euchates. The leaves have dropped on Magnolia dealbata. Magnolia dealbata I have never seen secondary flowers before on Rhododendron prunifolium. Again very pale. Rhododendron prunifolium…

…seed pods. Melianthus major Melianthus major Plenty of seed heads forming on Acacia dealbata overhanging the garden. Acacia dealbata Hypericum ‘Hidcote’ and Jasminum officinale affine flowering nicely together outside the…

…Darker in colour than the one I photograph at Ventnor. Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii A young Magnolia dealbata with its first flowers (the mature plant has…

…Euonymus tingens First flower out on Magnolia dealbata. Magnolia dealbata Rhododendron stamineum in the main quarry. Rhododendron stamineum Rhododendron stamineum Carpinus japonica now covered in flower cones. Carpinus japonica Carpinus…

…go with us early today.Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ was just out. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ One of the Magnolia dealbata by Georges Hut had two flowers out high up. Magnolia dealbata Jaimie…

…slow to get going in a sheltered spot. Magnolia caveana Magnolia dealbata still in tight bud. Even in this very early year I would not expect to see it out…