…the Rockery is one of the later evergreen azaleas to flower. The best very dark red? Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ This is Rhododendron reticulatum which is nearly (but…

…(Upper) Rockery today – stunning! The view from the entrance to the (Upper) Rockery The Caerhays bred Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ and Rhododendron reticulatum out together. Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ Menziesia ciliicalyx…

…‘Black Hawk’. Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ The wisteria now nearly full out. wisteria now nearly full out wisteria now nearly full out 2023 – CHW The Cordyline australis…

…Zandee’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Purple Dream’ – first flowering here Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x ‘Vulcan’ – first flowering…

…all over the plant. Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ 2017 – CHW An elderly plant of the very dark coloured Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ in the Rockery with some sun scorching on…

…Rhododendron neeriflorum In the rockery Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ was sadly too far out to cut. Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ I have no idea what this dwarf rhododendron is….

…are starting to open. deciduous azaleas Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ not out properly yet. Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ Rhododendron moorii just coming. Rhododendron moorii Betula albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ (syn. ‘China Rose’) with…

…‘Hawk’ out on Burns Bank. Quite similar to Magnolia sprengeri diva really. Magnolia ‘Hawk’ Magnolia ‘Hawk’ The best magnolia by far today is the just open Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ on…

…the sun. Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Salix moupinense (from Tom Hudson / Vietnam) is very different from Salix fargesii despite what the reference books say. I…

…I need to look up the parentage. Magnolia ‘Hawk’ Magnolia ‘Hawk’ Another Magnolia ‘Shirraz’ above the Playhouse. Also very dark with only a few flowers at the very top of…

…in the Rockery. Rhododendron reticulatum Rhododendron reticulatum Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ just coming out. A good contrast soon between the other colours. Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ Rhododendron kiusianum was cut back hard…

…seedling First flowers (and very early) on Azalea ‘Black Hawk’. Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ The view from Rookery across to the Drimys winteri and the Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ seedling with a…

…‘Black Hawk’ just out. FJW’s Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ Then to the Kitchen Garden for a review of the first Malus to show. Malus ‘Braendkjaer’. Malus ‘Braendkjaer’ Malus ‘Braendkjaer’ Malus ‘Gorgeous’….

…a quite extraordinary colour. Rhododendron dichroanthum ssp. scyphocalyx (F6761) Rhododendron ‘Award’. Rhododendron ‘Award’ Rhododendron ‘Black Magic’. Rhododendron ‘Black Magic’ Rhododendron ‘Glebe’s Surprise’ – there are very few double flowered rhodos…

…over by two or three weeks AZALEA ‘Greenway’ – nearly over AZALEA ledifolium AZALEA ledifolium – full out and just going over AZALEA Black Hawk’ AZALEA Black Hawk’– too far…

…and well worth propagating by the look of it. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ Quercus yunnanensis with a new set of leaves. Quercus yunnanensis Quercus yunnanensis Illicium…

…Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Caerhays Surprise’ is now call Magnolia ‘Black Swan’. Also…

…colour in its third year of flowering. More news on this soon. Jaimie’s new hybrid Jaimie’s new hybrid Magnolia ‘Hawk’ just out. Magnolia ‘Hawk’ Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’. Magnolia sargentiana…

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