1st August

…flower. Variable species! Magnolia virginiana Magnolia virginiana Magnolia virginiana Magnolia virginiana What I think is Acer cappadocicum has very unusual seed pods which I have never noticed before. Beside Cornus…

11th June

…sieboldii sinensis x virginiana nicely out with 30 to 40 buds and flowers today. Worth a proper name I think. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana

29th May

…yet in flower and both grow nearby. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ is nearly out. Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ One plant of Rhododendron nuttallii…

8th June

…high at the top of the small tree. Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ 2018 – CHW HRH visits the Cornwall Red Squirrel Project stand at the Royal Cornwall Show…

17th June

…flowering or summer magnolias to confirm that the garden is ‘over’! Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana now full out after its wind battering last week. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana

12th June

…plenty of flower on Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana and the scent is overpowering! Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana A flower out already (weeks early)…

29th June

…halo so far but rather earlier to produce flowers than other forms of M. virginiana. Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ 2022 – CHW The Royal Isle of…

14th October

…has opened more fully and so has the seed pod. Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ Hard pruning of Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (yellow) on the Main Ride….

23rd January

…The bluish undersides to the leaves are good in the sunlight. Bark interesting too. Magnolia virginiana Magnolia virginiana Magnolia virginiana I fear the frost has got the lower down buds…

22nd June

…birch growing nearby that did not have a high level wire netting surround. Deer have ringbarked another birch First flowers on a young Magnolia virginiana ‘Ludoviciana’. Magnolia virginiana ‘Ludoviciana’ A…

7th July

…much better than any of the plants in the main garden. Magnolia virginiana seedling Magnolia virginiana seedling Magnolia virginiana seedling Right next to the beehives is a pheasant’s nest; probably…

19th June

…japonicus ‘Evening Light’ Styrax japonicus ‘Evening Light’ Buds on Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ for the first time. Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Flower tassels on Quercus oxyodon. Quercus oxyodon Hydrangea seemannii…

21st July

…Magnolia sieboldii ssp. sinensis x Magnolia virginiana. A bit of a stretch that these are indeed the parents when you look at it. Certainly virginiana dominant in the cross for…

25th December

…yet to flower after 30 years but looks very healthy. I hope I have the name correct. Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ Alniphyllum eberhartii is still in full leaf…

30th September

…needs to grab these in a week or two. Another by-product of the drought. The silvery undersides of to the leaves are splendid too. Magnolia virginiana Magnolia virginiana Secondary flowers…

27th July

…for a Euonymus. Euonymus morrisonensis Euonymus morrisonensis Euonymus morrisonensis Still flowers on Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’. Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ A tail ender on Magnolia wilsonii. Magnolia wilsonii And…

26th July

…‘Satellite’ still has plenty of flowers but these are the last of them. Diary readers saw the first flowers here in late May. Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ Aesculus…

2nd July

…flowers are supposed to be double with a pinkish tinge. We will see. Planted in 1992. Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’? Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’? After three days away at Hampton Court the…

4th July

…Magnolia virginiana Magnolia virginiana Magnolia yuyuanensis two days further out. Magnolia yuyuanensis Magnolia yuyuanensis One of the three magnolias outside the back yard is laden with seed already. The other…

1st July

…‘Red Fox’ Styrax serrulatus nearly out. Styrax serrulatus Styrax serrulatus Magnolia virginiana has the odd flower in bud, out and over. They are nothing to get excited about. Magnolia virginiana