…Cream’ now at its best. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Kunming’ flowering for the first time that I have noticed. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Kunming’ Magnolia laevifolia…

…Acer palmatum ‘Skeeters Broom’ The Michelias looking superb in Tunnel 3. Michelias Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Michelia laevifolia…

…laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Another (just out) Rhododendron niveum which is a rather stronger colour. Another Rhododendron niveum Another Rhododendron niveum Mallotus japonicus…

…pink at the base of the tepals. Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Another from…

…‘Titan’). Magnolia ‘Melon Sky’ Magnolia ‘Melon Sky’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Honey Velvet’ finally out in flower. Michelia laevifolia ‘Honey Velvet’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Honey Velvet’ This is labelled Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ but…

…gift of Magnolia laevifolia x M. champaca x (M. laevifolia x M. maudiae) has its first two flowers. Not, as yet, show stoppers! Looks very like plain M. laevifolia to…

…flower and is much larger than plain laevifolia. Another good thing! Michelia laevifolia ‘Gail’s Favourite’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Gail’s Favourite’ Reversion in Quercus cerris ‘Argenteovariegata’ both as twigs and, in some…

…is a fine thing! Better each year. Magnolia laevifolia ‘White Caviar’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘White Caviar’ Good new growth on a young Meliosma pungens which replaces a recent casualty of this…

…flower for the first time last year. Lysionotus pauciflorus (BSWJ 335) Magnolia (M. laevifolia x M. championii) x (M. laevifolia x M. maudiae). This gift from Raf in February is…

…(laevifolia x champaca) x (laevifolia x maudiae). Lots of mixtures but I am not really sure at present what has been achieved by the end result? M. (laevifolia x champaca)…

…have waited a long time for Michelia laevifolia ‘Michelle’ to flower here in a shady place. It came labelled as M. dainica ‘Michelle’ (another old name for laevifolia). Clearly a…

…metal fencing at The Vean A young Magnolia (laevifolia x champaca) x (laevifolia x maudiae) with its first (out of season) flower. A gift from Raf Lenaerts in January 2023…

…chapmanii x [M. laevifolia x maudiae] which is scenting the greenhouse. Out of season to put it mildly. Magnolia laevifolia x chapmanii x [M. laevifolia x maudiae] First seed heads…

…Magnolia figo var crassipes x (M. foveolata x M. laevifolia) with its first flower. Orange velvet on the new growth. Magnolia figo var crassipes x (M. foveolata x M. laevifolia)…

…First garden tour M. ‘Lennon’ M. delavayi (pink) x grandifloraM. figo var crassipes x (foveolata x laevifolia) M. (laevifolia x champaca) x (laevifolia x maudiae) M. Opipara Plenty of flower…

…with good new growth. Schefflera shweliensis (TH 3330) Michelia laevifolia x Michelia maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ with no velvet on its buds. Michelia laevifolia x Michelia maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Michelia laevifolia…

…its first flowers. I suspect these will get much larger with age. Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae At least this Rehderodendron macrocarpum did not get…

…named clone. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Kunming’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Kunming’ Rhododendron ‘Penrose’ is a gentle colour but, again, few flowers this year. Rhododendron ‘Penrose’ Rhododendron ‘Penrose’ Schefflera rhododendrifolia (CWJ 9375) most impressive…

…laevifolia ‘Michelle’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Michelle’ Another new magnolia with blue flowers (before they open). This is the first flowering of the magnolia labelled acuminata multiflower subcordata. Clearly there is a…

…but more yellow in bud than some other forms. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Michelle’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Michelle’ Rhododendron yunnanense virtually leafless as usual at this time of the year. Rhododendron yunnanense Azalea…