17th April

…out. Magnolia ‘Yuchelia’ Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ just opening. Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Rhododendron niveum Rhododendron…

13th May

…of Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ (M. brooklynensis x Unknown). Quite nice but not really a pure yellow. Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ First flowering…

10th September

…to the Burncoose Garden. Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ 2017 – CHW Jaimie and his team have been cutting the trash on the islands. They came upon…

7th April

…(‘Swedish Star’) is especially yellow this year and just out. A really good plant and perhaps better than M. ‘Daphne’ as it appears today. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’…

27th April

…M. x brooklynensis variety – M. x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x M. ‘Gold Star’. Magnolia ‘Tranquility’ Magnolia ‘Tranquility’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia…

16th March

…bred winner which will go on to be very popular as a later flowerer. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ This is Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’…

24th May

…– CHW Thankfully a gold medal for the Burncoose stand. gold medal The stand looks wonderful and the Cornus ‘Venus’ the showstopper.Vanda ‘Platinum Jubilee’ – an orchid named for the…

8th November

…here than on either of the other juveniles. Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ 1960 – FJW Took November Pink, 2 seeds of Reticulata…

23rd May

…‘Intense’ Rhododendron ‘Stardust Pink’ (stenophyllum ‘Linearifolium’ refined a bit) Rhododendron ‘Stardust Pink’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Discovery’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Discovery’ Armeria pseudoarmeria ‘Dreamland’ came second. Armeria pseudoarmeria ‘Dreamland’ Iris sibirica…

14th April

…A big tree now with a huge spread. Olearia solandri ‘Aurea’ Olearia solandri ‘Aurea’ Olearia solandri ‘Aurea’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ is more ‘gold’ in bud than when open! Magnolia ‘Gold