1st August

…that it was rather better in flower. Variable species! Magnolia virginiana Magnolia virginiana Magnolia virginiana Magnolia virginiana What I think is Acer cappadocicum has very unusual seed pods which I…

28th June

…crumpled as last years flowers. Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana var. australis ‘Satellite’ covered in flower. Magnolia virginiana var. australis ‘Satellite’…

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…

11th June

…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 Our…

8th June

…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 today…

17th June

…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 Magnolia…

12th June

…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) high…

29th June

…more of a brown 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…

2nd July

…Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’. Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ The contrasting colours of flowers on Rhododendron nuttallii. Yellow on opening but fading to white. The two plants here are slightly different,…

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…

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…

7th July

…Park is an excellent Magnolia virginiana seedling which is much better than any of the plants in the main garden. Magnolia virginiana seedling Magnolia virginiana seedling Magnolia virginiana seedling Right…

22nd June

…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 good…

21st July

virginiana dominant in the cross for obvious reasons. Magnolia sieboldii ssp. sinensis x Magnolia virginiana 2021 – CHW The first clump of Centaurea nigra (common knapweed) in flower on the…

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

…flies and wasps. A great display for a Euonymus. Euonymus morrisonensis Euonymus morrisonensis Euonymus morrisonensis Still flowers on Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’. Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ A tail ender…

26th July

virginiana ‘Satellite’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ Aesculus parvifolia tends to get forgotten and certainly I had missed it when describing how other species of aesculus were over with Aesculus wilsonii the…

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…

4th July

…original and totally deciduous Magnolia virginiana just out. Magnolia virginiana Magnolia virginiana Magnolia yuyuanensis two days further out. Magnolia yuyuanensis Magnolia yuyuanensis One of the three magnolias outside the back…