27th February

…is excellent for a magnolia. Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ The top path of Forty Acres is littered with storm debris and a few blown over trees which were…

26th March

…Not so different to M. ‘Shirley’s Perfume or M. Rebecca’s Perfume’ in colour or scent? Not in MSI Register? Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Sybille’…

22nd June

…the north coast of Cornwall in a garden designed by Burncoose. Hebe x franciscana ‘Variegata’ doing equally well. Hebe x franciscana ‘Blue Gem’ Hebe x franciscana ‘Blue Gem’ Hebe x…

8th December

…Pseudopanax ferox. Looking in the latest RHS ‘Plantsman’ magazine they feature the bark of Pinus bungeana which has an equally attractive and not dissimilar patterning. Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax…

13th April

…drupacea Pimelia drupacea Ilex x meserveae ‘Casanova’ nearly in flower and a great contrast. Again, never seen before. Ilex x meserveae ‘Casanova’ Ilex x meserveae ‘Casanova’ Back home the laurel…

10th May

…Aralia foliosa Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ in bud and already scented. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia x wieseneri now full out. Magnolia x wieseneri Magnolia x wieseneri Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’…

23rd March 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ just starting. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ The Magnolia veitchiis stand out behind the castle. Magnolia veitchiis Campbell Clarke and his friends after…

14th February

…No scent yet. Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Despite what I said a few day ago we do still have 11 swans here although the old pair are clearly…

5th March

…hybrid. Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’. Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’ Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ (bought from Kevin Hughes Plants). Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’…

27th March 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’. Fairly crappy flower but gorgeous scent. Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Golden Gala’ just coming out but a few days from its best. Magnolia ‘Golden…

23rd March

…between ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’, ‘Shirley’s Perfume’ and this in terms of flower (as opposed to scent). None are that special as flowers. Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ The grab and…

25th May

…in the Kitchen Garden. Most of the other Malus are over. Malus coronaria var. dasycalyx ‘Charlottae’ Malus coronaria var. dasycalyx ‘Charlottae’ Sophora davidii was planted in Old Park a year…

17th March

…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…

31st May

…flowers on show and very pretty they are too. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Tiny flowers on Ilex yunnanensis which I first saw at Rosemoor. Ilex yunnanensis Ilex yunnanensis Styrax japonicus…

19th January

…Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aurora’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Feuerzauber’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Feuerzauber’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’ Hamamelis x…

5th February

…hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ in full flower. A good new thing in the catalogue. Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Caerhays’ above the fern bed in…

19th April

…Rhododendron aberconwayi Rhododendron aberconwayi Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Evamaria’ just out below Slip Rail. It will change colour radically when it is full out. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Evamaria’ Magnolia x brooklynensis…

22nd August

…natural hybrid, when you consider how common both parents are on the Lizard heaths. Best wishes, Colin Erica x williamsii Erica x williamsii Erica x williamsii Erica x williamsii Erica…

3rd May

…propagation. A dense, squat, low growing and spreading species which would do well as a windbreak as it is here. Ilex cornuta Ilex cornuta Ilex cornuta Quercus rubra ‘Aurea’ just…

24th September

…x Hydrangea peruviana but need to check. Hydrangea serratifolia x Hydrangea peruviana Hydrangea serratifolia x Hydrangea peruviana This elderly Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’ outside the back yard has recently…