…some rain damage evident as it is on many rhododendrons battered in the recent downpours. Michelia figo Michelia figo Cladrastis kentuckea still not in leaf. Cladrastis kentuckea First flowering here…

…Wine’ may well not be that different to M. figo itself (as we saw recently) but ‘White Caviar’ is getting better and better. Unlike M. figo the flowers open out…

…flower. Orange velvet on the new growth. Magnolia figo var crassipes x (M. foveolata x M. laevifolia) Magnolia figo var crassipes x (M. foveolata x M. laevifolia) Magnolia opipara (also…

…are some pictures of Jaimie and Michael getting their three cups from the Cornwall Garden Society show for the magnolia displays. Magnolia (Michelia) laevifolia x M. figo ‘White Caviar’ with…

…Viburnum wilsonii Still a few flowers on Michelia figo ‘White Caviar’. Michelia figo ‘White Caviar’ Melicytis obovatus is now almost a small tree – albeit multi-stemmed. Melicytis obovatus Tail end…

…the March 2018 ‘Beast’. Lovely orangy indumentum here too. ‘Touch of Pink’ is a doltsopa hybrid with (I guess) Michelia figo? Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ The…

…Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ just coming out with amazing scent (m.doltsopa x m.figo) Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ Michelia foggi ‘Allspice’ is a…

…‘Jack Fogg’ is not much different to M. figo. A little pink on the flower tips instead of rather more purple. Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack…

…figo really. Michelia x foggii ‘Allspice’ With michelias still in mind I went in search of another new species below Tin Garden and it too was in flower for the…

…recently caught us out with a customer complaint. M. acuminata ‘Miss Honeybee’ x Michelia figo is probably not as our original M. ‘Yuchelia’ actually is but more like this? Magnolia…