20th February

…of half giants nearby. Any idea of the correct name anyone? giant snowdrops giant snowdrops The seedling magnolia (unnamed) from the same seed pan as Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ is out…

2nd March

…is clearly a Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ seedling in reality but a particularly good one with huge flowers. Well worth its place. Magnolia ‘Mossmans Giant’ Magnolia ‘Mossmans Giant’ Then we picked…

7th July

…annual species which grows on bare disturbed ground. This huge patch is directly below the root crop in Big Barn Hills field. Growing beside it is common Melilot which was…

10th March

…Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ just out. An Ian Baldick introduction from New Zealand previously called ‘Ian’s Giant Pink’. It is not that ‘giant’ as yet? Magnolia ‘Pink…

27th September

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW Ross has started to clear the giant Pinus radiata which fell a while…

25th March

…weather beaten but a better colour than photographed a month or so ago elsewhere. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ A giant schefflera which we always forget and I forget the species name!…

8th March

…M. x soulangeana seedling. Far end of Old Park. Magnolia ‘Just Jean’ Magnola ‘Sybille’ is Philippe de Spoelberg’s M x soulangeana x ‘White Giant’ x M. ‘Leda’. Clearly correctly named…

28th April

…or not as this anyway. Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ still has a few decent flowers in the shade. Camellia ‘Giant White’ Camellia ‘Francis Hanger’, the only true…

7th September

…of the hill so that you can see the see from the castle. The Cutting The Cutting 2015 – CHW The large circle of giant mushrooms in the middle of…

5th April

…bauhiniiflorum just out. Rhododendron bauhiniiflorum Prunus campanulata ‘Felix Jury’ is a gorgeous red – three plants in Tin Garden. Prunus campanulata ‘Felix Jury’ The clump of Leujocum aestivum ‘Gravetye Giant’…