9th July

…A few (unknown) butterflies – some feeding on sliced oranges. butterflies butterflies butterflies Perfectly horrid but no idea what it is? no idea Out of the butterfly sauna to this!…

25th April

…tall growing form of Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ 1987 planted. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ just out. I have seen it much better elsewhere, but this is only its second…

31st July

…Gingko biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ in full sun on a hot bank. Gingko biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko biloba ‘Saratoga’ with its very irregular…

13th April

…The puzzle of Magnolia ‘Butterflies’! This is our 1976 planted record tree of say 40ft in height with nice yellow flowers. However most of the M. ‘Butterflies’ that one sees…

18th April

…flowers which do not have the tepals inverting in on themselves in an irregular fashion. Perhaps there are two forms of M ‘Butterflies’? Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Alixeed’ is…

20th April

‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ I photographed Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ with some colour showing in February. Here it is two to two and a half months later just going over as…

27th June

…but very attractive leaf formation which is so different from the gingko cultivar last week. Gingko ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko ‘Jade Butterflies’ Gingko ‘Jade Butterflies’ First flower that I have noticed…

25th October

…Ginkgo ‘Jade Butterflies’ Ginkgo ‘Jade Butterflies’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Star’ has moved on a bit in colour. The only one of the four to have done so. The lower branches…

23rd March 1897 – 2020

…‘Umineko’ Prunus matsumae ‘Beni-Yukata’ just starting. Prunus matsumae ‘Beni-Yukata’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ full out in Penvergate. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ (from Kevin Hughes Plants) first flowering….

30th March

…growth and yesterday’s rain has led most flowers to pop open. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Alixeed’ has a pleasant pink tinge as it opens but this quickly fades. I…

12th April

…along the way. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Camellia reticulata ‘Mouchang’ – another we know and have grown at Burncoose. Fades quickly. Camellia reticulata ‘Mouchang’ Camellia reticulata ‘Mouchang’ Camellia reticulata ‘Carl…

22nd June

…dry spell. rhododendrons Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ with its attractive leaves. Planted 2009. Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade Butterflies’ Impressive new growth on Taxus baccata ‘Semperaurea’. Taxus baccata…

27th July

…Army’ Helenium ‘Red Army’ Red Admiral butterflies on buddleia flowers but the little buggers kept shutting their wings. Red Admiral butterflies Red Admiral butterflies One always forgets how wonderful hollyhocks…

24th August

…the front door for a second time as the cyclamen are out all over and the knapweed feeding butterflies in profusion. butterflies butterflies Hedychium coronarium just out as the next…

26th December

…in October when it was in flower and attracting butterflies. Today the back half of the plant is still in full flower which is odd. Quite attractive but no butterflies

27th March 1897 – 2020

…thinning. ash Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ still had some unfrosted flowers in Penvergate but was not as yellow as normal. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ This pale yellow magnolia has lost its label but I…

3rd April

…CGS and in general. A memorial garden was built in his name at the Royal Cornwall Showground. 2015 – CHW MAGNOLIA ‘Butterflies’ is nearly out MAGNOLIA ‘Yellow bird’ It is…

27th April

…A former gift from Chip Luma of Rhododendron ‘Floral Sun’ (Abby Jury 2011). Rhododendron ‘Floral Sun’ Rhododendron ‘Floral Sun’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ against a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Rhododendron platypodum is…

23rd April

…flowers. rhododendron species rhododendron species Still plenty of flowers on Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ in Penvergate. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Four yellow magnolias all out together at the end of Penvergate. yellow magnolias The…

29th March

…‘Apollo’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ in Penvergate. Covered in flower on a dwarfish large shrub after 20 years. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Steve Dance sends me these pictures of Citrus ‘Calamondin Orange’…