…bred winner which will go on to be very popular as a later flowerer. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ This is Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’…

…Memory’ Narcissus ‘Astro Pink’ below White Stiles. Narcissus ‘Astro Pink’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ above the kennels. Not very golden really as I have commented before. Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold…

…so the pictures are dreadful. Harry is not fazed by the rain. Copious fruit on Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’. Very good indeed. Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ Lomatia ferruginea is just…

…From memory a Magnolia denudata form? Magnolia ‘Anticipation’ Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ – more Star Wars than purple in its first flowering. Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’…

…martinii This is Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ which will not be winning any prizes! Not one of the yellows that has made the grade. Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ Still…

…glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’ was a good new form. Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’ Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’ Calocedrus decurrens ‘Berrima Gold’ [Not ‘Burma Gold’ – thanks to Wolfgang Keidel for…

…bad for late April! Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ has light pink buds opening pure white as you see here….

…and a UK Record Tree too. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Nicely contrasting autumn colours on Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Firmania…

…‘Glanleam Gold’ Luma apiculata ‘Glanleam Gold’ 2019 – CHW Another photography visit to Busy Bee Garden Centre in the usual oppressive heat. Pretty ghastly but the show goes on and…

…won its first GOLD medal in four years so I hurry into the show and start ringing the press and our PR people. Lots of the usual shrieks and kissing…