…globosa nowhere near out but buds just visible now. Magnolia sieboldii ‘Genesis’ x Magnolia virginiana Magnolia sieboldii ‘Genesis’ x Magnolia virginiana Last flowers on Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’. Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’…

…Meliosma pungens We missed this acer on last weekend’s Maple Society tour – Acer cappadocicum ‘Aureum’. Acer cappadocicum ‘Aureum’ Another Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’. Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Maddenia…

…Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Rhododendron vaseyi nicely out. This is a pinkish form but this species can also be white. Rhododendron vaseyi Rhododendron vaseyi Rhododendron arizelum just showing…

…Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ This is supposedly Magnolia aff. floribunda var. Tonkinensis (DJHV 06105) from Crug Farm. I had assumed it was actually a Michelia (in former parlance)…

…Taiwania cryptomerioides Terence and Roy. Terence and Roy Thomas, Lizzie and David Jewell. Thomas, Lizzie and David Jewell Sue Lancaster. Sue Lancaster The statue of Sir Harold Hillier. The statue…

…Picrasma quassioides Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ just out with buds to come. M. acuminata ssp. subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ x M. ‘Elizabeth’. Not bad but not as good as ‘Honey Tulip’ or…

…today is Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’. Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ out earlier than expected. Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ looking very fine. Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Rhododendron veitchianum ‘Cubittii’…

…echiums Swallows in the Gunroom. Swallows Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ has an excellent flower out in Kennel Close and more to come. (M. acuminata subsp. cordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ x M. ‘Elizabeth’)….

…young Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ with its first flower – two others frosted in bud. Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Quercus fleuryi struggles on – too tender I fear. Quercus fleuryi Michelia ‘Touch…

…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…

…a nest of honey bees in it but they appear to have moved on. nest of honey bees nest of honey bees nest of honey bees nest of honey bees…

…Rhododendron elliottii Rhododendron elliottii Tail end flowers on Magnolia ‘Fairy Pink’ – a young plant in the Rockery. Magnolia ‘Fairy Pink’ Magnolia ‘Honey Flower’ is beside M. ‘Honey Belle’ but…

…White lampranthus Crocosmia ‘Honey Angels’ full out. Crocosmia ‘Honey Angels’ Various watsonia still just out in flower. watsonia watsonia watsonia Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ also full out. Not hugely different…

…shortly to Magnolia Society International.Honey bees out and about foraging. Honey bees To Burncoose gardens to do a rhododendron promotional video. Pieris japonica Taiwanensis Group looking good on the drive….

…maple which has recently blown over. Honey fungus Honey fungus I had been expecting to see flowers on Camellia japonica ‘Adelina Patti’ a month ago but I must have missed…

…for Agriculture etc. so it was to a be a fuller and franker discussion than it might have been before Liz Truss, who was sworn in as Prime Minister at…

…flowers about to come out along and under the twigs. We have gathered fruits from this before. Torreya taxifolia Torreya taxifolia A young Magnolia ‘Honey Tulip’ above Hovel Cart Road….

…below the beech trees near the lawn. A tent on the lawn for the weekend wedding letting. Magnolia ‘Honey Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Honey Tulip’ Illicium simonii planted out at Burncoose only…

…‘Titan’). Magnolia ‘Melon Sky’ Magnolia ‘Melon Sky’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Honey Velvet’ finally out in flower. Michelia laevifolia ‘Honey Velvet’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Honey Velvet’ This is labelled Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ but…

…with age but still well behind the Burncoose one. Magnolia ‘Honey Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Honey Tulip’ I thought this was Sorbus megalocarpa on the plan, but I am very wrong. Attractive…