…the plant isn’t quite true but the flowers are. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Prunus ‘Felix Jury’ nearly out. Very…

…sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ beside the conservatory. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ The view below the front lawn. The view…

…at the garden entrance. Magnolia ‘J.C. Williams’ Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ a good colour this year. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia x sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ and the…

…48 hours of east wind.Magnolia ‘Lili Diva’ (Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra’ x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’) does not have a picture of itself in the new Eisenhut book but this looks good….

…and Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ presumably. Look at the colour of the bud. First proper flowering here. Magnolia ‘Lili Diva’ Magnolia ‘Lili Diva’ Magnolia ‘Lili Diva’ Magnolia ‘Angelica’ is excellent when…

…flowering 45 or so years ago. Magnolia sargentiana robusta x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sargentiana robusta x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sargentiana robusta x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sargentiana robusta…

…Flame’ Magnolia ‘Amethyst Flame’ First decent and unfrosted flowering of Magnolia sprengeri ‘Daisy Diva’ which was planted in 2015. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Daisy Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Daisy Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Daisy…

…in the garden (featured in the diary last week). Magnolia sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ crossed with Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ crossed with Magnolia…

…sargentiana var. robusta. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva Westonbirt’ just coming out. First time proper flowering. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva Westonbirt’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva Westonbirt’ The original Magnolia ‘Kew…

…flowers left glowing in the sunlight on Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ at Pound Corner. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ This is a rather dull species – Magnolia amoena – although…

…Magnolia ‘Apollo’ – probably our largest plant of this in full display. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Daisy Diva’ – we saw this last year with only the odd…

…them. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Daisy Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Daisy Diva’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ is nice enough but just a near white with a hint of pink really (Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Lennei…

…young Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ now full out. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia ‘Pristine’ just out by Georges Hut. A small bright pure white as the name implies. Magnolia…

…discovered the full diversity of the different forms of M. sprengeri. Do they beat the original M. sprengeri var. diva ‘Diva’? Yes in terms of colour perhaps but no in…

…bred by Frank Galyon in the USA, it is supposed to be M. sprengeri var. diva ‘Diva’ x M. soulangeana ‘Lennei’. I think we have the right plant from the…

…diva ‘Fire’ Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Fire’ Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Fire’ Flowers out on Viburnum wilsonii. Viburnum wilsonii The surviving Schefflera macrophylla also now needs a stake. Otherwise it…

…justice. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Fire’ Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Fire’ Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Fire’ Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Fire’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ full out against a blue…

…decent flower on one of our original Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Diva’. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Diva’ A tremendous show on Symplocos aff. sumuntia. Symplocos aff. sumuntia A carpet of…

…‘Diva’ flowers so we now have three flowering plants 10 to 20 years of age which are all true. Most of the seedlings and a few bought as ‘Diva’ (eg…

…var diva Magnolia sprengeri var diva This magnolia seedling (unnamed) close to the entrance to White Styles field makes a good show from the drive today. magnolia seedling (unnamed) The…