…with age and at least deserves its name. Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Carpinus japonica – first ever ‘catkins’ on this 10 year old tree which…

…kobus ‘White Elegance’ MAGNOLIA kobus ‘White Elegance’ b) First flowering (seen by me anyway) of Magnolia Kobus ‘Octopus’ and Magnolia Kobus ‘White Elegance’. Both look very vigorous but Octopus is…

…this year. Magnolia ‘Crescendo’ Magnolia kobus ‘Esveld Select’ very slow to come out. Some flowers seem to bond back on their stems. Magnolia kobus ‘Esveld Select’ Magnolia kobus ‘Esveld Select’…

…well out in the wind. Prunus ‘Umineko’ Prunus ‘Umineko’ More pictures of Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’. Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Magnolia kobus ‘Esveld Select’. Magnolia kobus ‘Esveld Select’ Magnolia…

…good in the sun. From Lunaplant. Magnolia kobus ‘Pink Kobus’ Magnolia kobus ‘Pink Kobus’ 2024 – CHW Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ just coming to its best by 4-in-Hand. Not yet properly…

…Magnolia kobus var. borealis towers over Rhododendron macabeanum. Magnolia kobus var. borealis towers over Rhododendron macabeanum Euonymus wilsonii with flower buds not yet open. A quick growing species. Euonymus wilsonii…

…named x brooklynensis varieties into flower. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Titan’ Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ full out a week after we first saw flowers showing. Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’…

…good variety and well worth growing. Magnolia ‘Amethyst Flame’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ is a good name for an upright and slightly recurved bud. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ has only…

…front lawn at Burncoose) are not divas even if they may be sprengeri. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Stardust’ (a Magnolia kobus cross) is coming out. Purportedly it has a…

…tibetica Unusual shaped seed pods not yet quite ripe on Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’. Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Likewise chubby seed pods on Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x ‘Vulcan’. Well worth…

…of Magnolia kobus var borealis are just starting to come out. Magnolia ‘Kews Surprise’ is not. Magnolia kobus var borealis We always forget that there is another original old Magnolia…

…of Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ and nobody could realistically argue. 1930 – JCW Magnolia kobus open, no stellata. 1925 – JCW Mag denudata opening, kobus and halleana as in last year perhaps…

…in the garden here. 2018 – CHW Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ has a few seed capsules with just a couple of ripening seeds in each. Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’…

…Magnolia kobus var. borealis in the Rookery are nearly over with leaf just forming behind the flower. Magnolia kobus var. borealis The best Rhododendron macabeanum now full out. Rhododendron macabeanum…

…out already above Red Linney. No chance of this lasting for Chelsea this year. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ Magnolia ‘Pink Kobus’ is not really a pink form of M kobus. It…

…ones but no flowers this year and very different bark. Pseudokobus perhaps but not the ‘full monty’. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishodoki’ The four Rhododendron ‘Loch Awe’ are now full out below…

…‘Lili Diva’ Magnolia ‘Lili Diva’ Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’. Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ Magnolia ‘Amethyst’. Magnolia ‘Amethyst’ Magnolia ‘Amethyst’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Serene’. Magnolia…

…below the church. Laying in the new water pipe A new young Magnolia kobus ‘Isis’ battered by the wind. Is this really any different to M. kobus borealis? Magnolia Kobus…

…Some frost and very dry as last year. Daffodils short but more than half out. Magnolia campbellii and some mollicomata almost good. Sargentiana robusta one at its best, Kobus in…

…weighed down with flowers. Large lot of Rho Royal flush in 40 Acres. Blood red at its best. Auklandii arboreum beginning. Still some fuschias. Very dry. 1931 – JCW Kobus…