…‘Northern Belle’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Northern Belle’ Magnolia laevifolia x maudiae, a 2020 gift from Raf Lenaerts has taken off as well. I need to send Raf these photos. Magnolia laevifolia…

…moto Magnolia/ Manglietia kwangtungensis/ moto Magnolia virginiana ‘Northern Belle’ has its first couple of buds two years on from planting. Magnolia virginiana ‘Northern Belle’ Acer sikkimense (WJC 13674) with wonderful…

…Gold’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ (syn. ‘Magic Fire’ or ‘Feuerzauber’) Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ (syn. ‘Magic Fire’ or ‘Feuerzauber’) The Northern Polytunnels lorry unloads our new multi span tunnel. Northern…

…tree. Rhododendron thompsonii Rhododendron thompsonii Near enough to Azalea ‘Northern Hi-Lights’ but not quite. The more I look at Mr Galle’s book on azaleas that lists thousands of deciduous varieties…

…come from northern Japan and have been bred by one family over two or three generations. They are hardier and less prone to cankers than our (relatively few) popular street…

…this one will be much admired in the future. Crataegus ellwangeriania ‘Fire Ball’ Tilia dasystyla was only planted this year. Collected by Bob Cheary in northern Iran. Huge leaves already…

…2017 – CHW First flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘Muskoka’. Muskoka is a township in northern Canada where my grandmother’s family lived. Definitely rather late this year. My grandmother was…

…The new multi span tunnel is going up fast but, typically, Northern Polytunnels have not supplied all the bits. multi span tunnel George Williams’ plant boxes ready for a big…

…could grow this outside in Northern Ireland? Metrosideros excelsa Rhododendron ‘Loders White’ isn’t completely white. Rhododendron ‘Loders White’ The best clump of Rhododendron arizelum that I have ever seen. Rhododendron…

…Clematis forsteri in flower in the greenhouse. Ilex spinigera, a liner with flowers which was a gift from Roy Lancaster last week. Roy actually collected this species in northern Iran…