…but, I suspect, far too early in the year. Magnolia fraseri ‘Pyramidalis’ Magnolia fraseri ‘Pyramidalis’ Magnolia fraseri ‘Pyramidalis’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ has a scruffy habit. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Crataegus laevigata…

…is pretty dull in flower and much, much earlier in the year than I remember our 3 original small trees by LQN. Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata…

…does not look much different to the Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata seen yesterday and is paler than Jim Gardiner’s picture in the Eisenhut book. I do not remember M. fraseri…

…the next year’s nursery catalogue. Ilex cornuta Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidalis with its first two flowers here. The old plants of M. fraseri which died out 15 to 20 years…

…This species which grew here in three long dead specimens used to flower in the mid/late summer. These were M. fraseri var. fraseri presumably? Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata New growth…

…‘Jovey Carlyon’ Good autumn colour on Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata as we have seen before by Donkey Shoe. Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata The usual secondary flush of flowers on Rhododendron…

…much creamy yellow in it as I would expect from M. fraseri? A fairly unique but dullish flower! Magnolia obovata x Magnolia fraseri Michelia laevifolia ‘Gail’s Favourite’ opens out flat…

…fraseri with male catkins and perhaps the start of some female cones or just the new growth shoots showing? Time will tell. Abies fraseri Abies fraseri Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’…

…secateurs. Abies fraseri Abies fraseri 2017 – CHW Three different named forms of Magnolia grandiflora all with buds still to open. Amazing for the time of year but normal in…

…larger yellow flowers than I remember. Magnolia fraseri Magnolia fraseri Magnolia officinalis completes the trio of magnolia trees all in flower. Magnolia officinalis Magnolia officinalis A magnolia felled in the…