…f. tomentosum as the leaves turn purple. Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum Amaryllis belladonna and Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’ make a wonderful September combination. Amaryllis belladonna and Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’…

…need the tree surgeon this summer. elderly beech trees Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ now out low down and a good colour. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ I cannot resist more…

…– CHW MAGNOLIA ‘Bishop Peter’ MAGNOLIA ‘Bishop Michael’ My father named two very early flowering Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedlings ‘Bishop Peter’ and‘Bishop Michael’ (two bishops of Truro from the 1980s). Peter…

…early and sometimes ahead of the other magnolias we have already seen in flower. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Camellia ‘Salutation’ (C. reticulata x C. saluenensis) was raised at…

…light right to photograph Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ together with Magnolia campbellii alba in Rogers Quarry. Normally the bishop is over before alba is showing. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ together with Magnolia…

…angle to see the colour properly. What a colour! Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Rhododendron Golden Oriole var ‘Busaco’ – a hint of…

…You can see the pile of prunings. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ I wonder if we cut down the new apparently dead (blown out of ground…

…‘Bishop Peter’ is full out but starting to shed petals (tepals). A lighter colour than usual as I have said before. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Ians Red’, one of Ian…

…today (which required gloves and was short because it is bloody cold) was to photograph the first few flowers on Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’. BBC Spotlight showed these as part of…

…well. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ The Magnolia mollicomata x sargentiana robusta seedling above the Crinodendron Hedge is perhaps the best full out magnolia in the garden today although…

…the drive / White Stiles. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ just out in Rogers Quarry. Much later into flower than ‘Bishop Peter’. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ First ever buds on Magnolia ernestii (formerly…

…Zealand form) below Donkey Shoe. Still plenty of intact flowers though. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ just coming out properly. What a colour! Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’…

…quarry. The pictures are poor as the sun is the wrong side of the tree. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia campbellii alba seedling with the huge flowers. Magnolia…

…and bud today on Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ The Magnolia campbellii seedling above Crinodendron Hedge is the best magnolia display by far today in the…

…show the colour range on the opened flowers. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Branches laden with flowers blown off the original Magnolia campbellii. Not too much to worry about…

…The Magnolia campbellii by Tin Garden today. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii First flowers out on Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ A Magnolia campbellii Alba seedling that…

…as it looks today. Belle is a much bigger tree and quicker growing though. ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ just coming out in Rogers Quarry. Only the very top of…

…the cellar with the buds wrapped in loo paper. That will surprise everyone!Here are the pictures of the exhibits {from J & M). Camellia ‘Mark Allen’ Second Prize Magnolia ‘Bishop…

…alpine glasshouse at Rosemoor.Cyclamen repandum< Cyclamen repandum[/caption] Ipheion ‘Rolf Fiedler’ Ipheion ‘Rolf Fiedler’ Ozothamnus coralloides Ozothamnus coralloides Ipheion uniflorum Ipheion uniflorum Ipheion uniflorum ‘Charlotte Bishop’ Ipheion uniflorum ‘Charlotte Bishop’ Narcissus…

…Williams’, Magnolia ‘Burncoose White’ – a form of mollicomata that is almost white growing above the tennis court at Burncoose and now also at Caerhays in Bond Street, Magnolia ‘Bishop…