…Borde Hill this is out now but I remember the old trees flowering here only in late summer. Magnolia fraseri Magnolia fraseri Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’, one of my mother’s favourites,…

…always used to flower in September/October but this was full out today. Much larger yellow flowers than I remember. Magnolia fraseri Magnolia fraseri Magnolia officinalis completes the trio of magnolia…

…Doubtful. Dicksonia squarrosa Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ with superb new growth appearing on this dwarfish shrub. No frost damage here! Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea…

…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 this run…

…thousands at it! 1941 – CW Magnolias parviflora, wilsoni, sinensis at best as a whole. Watsoni, fraseri, prostrata, denudata all good. Still a few conspicua and double camellias. Rho Cornish…

…CW All daffs over in Tin Garden. Auklandii still very good. Magnolia rostrata and fraseri out also. A good many Maddeni hybrids. Single peonies and two double out in Tin…

…small number of Rhodo’n buds makes the wood a bit dull. The American Azaleas came seven of them and Magnolia fraseri. Lutescens 1/6th open. 1925 – JCW Quite an early…