8th April

…2022. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia…

20th March

…evident from the base. Gevuina avellana Gevuina avellana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ more or less full out but already wind battered. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ A Camellia lutchuensis hybrid which…

16th March

‘Atlas’. Very good indeed and exactly what Jaimie would have hoped for and expected from such a hand pollenated cross. MAGNOLIA atlas x magnolia_lanarth MAGNOLIA atlas x magnolia_lanarth So now…

23rd February

…15 years to see this one! Magnolia ‘Atlas’ (seed parent) and Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ (pollen parent) Magnolia ‘Atlas’ (seed parent) and Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ (pollen parent)…

17th March

…‘Antje Zandee’ also full out. Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ has not been named and registered as yet. Nowhere near as good as Jaimie’s ‘Atlas’ x ‘Lanarth’…

6th April

…I would have expected from a M. ‘Atlas’ seed parent. It may yet fade. Five flowers in bud, nearly out and one more frosted. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia…

7th April

…is unlikely to have been tried by any other magnolia breeder. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia…

16th March 1897 – 2020

…‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ is not as dark as one might have expected but still a huge flower. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia…

24th March

…Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Albatross’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Magnolia ‘Albatross’ First flowers opening on Magnolia ‘Atlas’. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Rhododendron gingongshanicum (AC 5108) is extraordinarily rare. Here it is…

3rd April

…sixth new one in flower today. This is Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana pure and pictures are attached. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Attached is…

7th September

…seed pod produced but was snapped off 16. ‘JC Williams x ‘Felix Jury’ 17. ‘Atlas x ‘Darjeeling’ 18. ‘Atlas x ‘Felix Jury’ 19. ‘Atlas x ‘Sunrise’ 20. Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver…

4th October

…Magnolia ‘Atlas’ on the drive has got broken in half. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ A capping stone on the battlements above the public loos was knocked down in the gale…

8th March 1897 – 2020

…here Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Holywell’ – first flowering here Magnolia ‘Holywell’ Magnolia ‘Holywell’ Magnolia ‘Amethyst Flame’ – first flowering here Magnolia ‘Amethyst Flame’ Magnolia…

24th March 1897 – 2020

…‘Shirraz’ Magnolia ‘Sayonara’ Magnolia ‘Sayonara’ A large Magnolia ‘Atlas’ above Red Linney. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ And a small Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ just below it. Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ This was…

25th March 1897 – 2020

…full out but still here in the shade. The flowers are truly enormous. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ This is the Queen Mother’s magnolia planted by her in the 1970s. Not…

21st March 1897 – 2020

…with this one. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ – first flower which shows promise. This is now…

10th September

…tibetica Unusual shaped seed pods not yet quite ripe on Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’. Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Likewise chubby seed pods on Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x ‘Vulcan’. Well worth…

15th April

…– an early yellow Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ – can there be a bigger magnolia flower? Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Magnolia ‘Purple Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Purple Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Purple…

28th March

…best. Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitchii’ Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitchii’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x M. ‘Black Tulip’ – not as large a flower as expected but showing promise with its…

26th March

…M. ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia cylindrica x M. ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia sinostellata – still going after having nearly died in the drought. Magnolia sinostellata Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x M.‘Vulcan’. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x M.‘Vulcan’ Magnolia…