…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’…

…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…

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

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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’…

…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…

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

…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…

…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…

…old boathouse Magnolia ‘Atlas’ just out. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’. Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ 2024 – CHW Here are some pictures of the 40th Anniversary party at Burncoose. 40th Anniversary…

…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…

…‘Diva’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ and a very good thing bred by Ian Baldick in New Zealand. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishi-modoki’ nearly out. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishi-modoki’…

…on Sorbus wardii. Sorbus wardii The label on this magnolia has been lost but it is clearly a form of Magnolia kobus. Secondary flowers here and there again this year….