30th May

…it performed – if you can call it that? The name sums it up. Magnolia acuminata ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Still decent flowers on Rhododendron ‘Moonstone’ a long…

27th April

…– M. ‘Lemon Star’ Any species/hybrid except acuminata single bloom 1st – M. ‘Tikitere’ 1st – M. ‘Tikitere’ Any species/hybrid of acuminata single bloom 1st – M. ‘Apricot Brandy’ 1st…

2nd June

…yellowish flowers. Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiyu’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiyu’ Just a single flower on Rhododendron bureavei this year but it looks well. Rhododendron bureavei Acorns forming on Quercus lamellosa in profusion….

29th April

…‘Evamaria’ Magnolia acuminata var subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ is hardly showing as yet. Rain urgently needed. Magnolia acuminata var subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ Magnolia acuminata var subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ A rather sickly…

18th May

…is the first (rather small) set of flowers I have seen on our young plant. It will get better. Very blue in bud. Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiju’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiju’ Acer…

17th June

…plants of the very rare Camptotheca acuminata that was added to the website in the spring. Our tree at Caerhays is now 15ft tall after 11 years but can have…

19th June

…Rhododendron maddenii A tail end flower on Magnolia acuminata. Magnolia acuminata One of Major Howell’s rhododendrons hybrids above Rookery path. rhododendrons hybrids 2022 – CHW Thunderstorms and welcome rain last…

30th September

acuminata ‘Seiju’ with lots of secondary flowers. Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiju’ Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ with white fruits but no sign of the orange seeds as yet. Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ The original…

22nd May

…always known as Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Album’ tucked away by the Aucuba omiensis. Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Album’ Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Album’ Flowers still on Magnolia acuminata var. subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’. Magnolia acuminata var….

17th May

…in a few weeks’ time? Magnolia aff. floribunda var. Tonkinensis Magnolia aff. floribunda var. Tonkinensis Magnolia acuminata ‘Variegata’ does not appear yet to have any variegated leaves but very blue…