…quite magnolia-like when you think about it. banana flower banana flower banana flower 2016 – CHW Eleven different new named Matsumae cherries have arrived and I have today sorted with…

…fortunei Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ better than I remember. Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ a bit wind battered. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Seamus O’Brien and his Irish friends below Rhododendron ‘Mrs. Butler’. Seamus…

…goods. Camellia ‘Nuccio’s Gem’ First flowers finally showing colour on Magnolia ‘Daphne’. Magnolia ‘Daphne’ Magnolia ‘Daphne’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ now living up to its name. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Magnolia ‘Banana…

…totem pole. This means you do not have to see the fairly disgusting flowers close up. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ My father told Jaimie that Rhododendron ‘Hotei’ (yellow)…

…good colour and no leaves to be seen yet. Magnolia ‘Solar Flair’ Rhododendron ‘Chip Luma’ – wonderful cross. Rhododendron ‘Chip Luma’ Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ – silly name perhaps but not…

…long catkins on Juglans ailanthifolia. Juglans ailanthifolia Still a good crop of flowers on Magnolia ‘Banana Split’. Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ Paulownia kawakamii is still sparse flowering but what interesting flower…

…It lived for a bit here in the heat of Burns Bank but never flowered. Telopea speciosa Telopea speciosa An unknown banana in flower. banana Neil sets fire to his…

…crown on a single stem (with suckering) but our 50-60 year old tree has no crown at all and no suckers! Paulownia tomentosa 2022 – CHW Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ still…

…foot tall banana A 10 foot tall banana Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos lebomboensis at a smaller size Encephalartos lebomboensis Encephalartos horridus – the smallest but…

…Leucanthemum ‘Goldfinch’ Leucanthemum ‘Banana Cream’ – the name seems to apply more to the buds than the fully open flower unless these two are labelled the wrong way around? Leucanthemum…