14th April

‘Peachy’ above Hovel Cart Road. Planted in circa 2010. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ This is Magnolia ‘Daybreak’, planted in 2008, by way of comparison. This too is a…

12th April

…we are all being led to believe over this glorious Easter weekend of weather.Magnolia ‘Peachy’ full out suddenly. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Serene’ still out but the…

9th April

…in tight bud. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ A few other slightly frosted magnolias newly out in Kennel Close: Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia liliiflora ‘Holland Red’…

10th April

‘Peachy’ – I still wonder at the difference and current naming of ‘Peachy’ and M. ‘Daybreak’. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ – there are so few genuinely double rhododendrons. Rhododendron…

18th April

…Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Two very different clumps of bluebells outside the arch. The second lot are ‘Spanish’ bluebells and the first a decent cross between wild and…

3rd May

…the best ‘thing’ (magnolia anyway) in the garden today. A riot of rather unpleasantly mixed colours. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ (syn ‘Swedish Star’), which flowered…

15th April

…Magnolia ‘Peachy’ in its full glory today below Slip Rail. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolf’. Pink in bud but eventually fading to creamy-pink. Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolf’ Rhododendron sinogrande…

26th May

…nurseries – also planted November 2019. Sorbus dunnii Sorbus dunnii Azalea ‘Fireball’. Wonderful dark new growth. Azalea ‘Fireball’ Azalea ‘Fireball’ Azalea ‘Fireball’ Still a few flowers on Magnolia ‘Peachy’. Magnolia…

15th November

…as good as last year. Planted in 2009. Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ 2023 – CHW Magnolia ‘Peachy’ has good autumn colour today in the sun and…

11th July

…major or much else.The new plants which we should consider for our next catalogue include:Achillea ‘Terracotta’ Achillea ‘Terracotta’ Linaria ‘Peachy’ Linaria ‘Peachy’ Acaenia microphylla ‘Kupferteppich’ – particularly fine groundcover in…

2nd May

…Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlaise’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlaise’ Nearby a young Magnolia ‘Peachy’ has its first flowers. The big tree below Tin Garden is full out today. ‘Tropicana’ is a…

24th April

…better colour here than Magnolia ‘Peachy’ has faded to elsewhere. We purport to have several ‘Peachy’, but I suspect the plant outside the front gate is in fact wrongly labelled…

11th April

…the Engine House. A pleasant trace of pink. Rhododendron ‘Loch Awe’ Rhododendron ‘Loch Awe’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ is just out and quite a peculiar colour combination. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Prunus ‘Horinji’ flowering…

22nd April

…is labelled Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ but I think it may well be ‘Peachy’ based on younger flowering plants in the garden. Certainly we have two different plants but which is which?…

7th April

…Stephens) is very fine indeed today. This is not a Matsumae variety which Burncoose sells – unfortunately. Prunus matsumae ‘Hanaguruma’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ just out but only a few flowers as…

6th April

…Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star Magnolia ‘Peachy’. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Limelight’ (the spare one). Magnolia ‘Limelight’ And our rhododendron entries:- Rhododendron arizelum. Rhododendron arizelum Rhododendron hodgsonii. Rhododendron hodgsonii…

5th April

…five years after planting above Rogers Quarry. rhodo seedling Rhododendron ‘Wine & Roses’ just out. Rhododendron ‘Wine & Roses’ First flower on Magnolia ‘Peachy’. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Kusious’ which must…

3rd April

…cryptomerioides. Taiwania cryptomerioides Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Piccolo’. Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Piccolo’ First flower out on Magnolia ‘Peachy’. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ 2024 – CHW Prunus jamasakura might just make it…

13th April

…pink and white. Not as floriferous as some. Prunus ‘Hokusai’ Prunus ‘Hokusai’ The new Magnolia ‘Sunset Swirl’ now full out unlike last week. Similar to ‘Peachy’ etc really. Magnolia ‘Sunset…

16th April

…The flowers in the Dining Room included: Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Black Beauty’ Rhododendron williamsianum hybrids bred by Dad Rhododendron williamsianum hybrids Rhododendron williamsianum hybrids 2016 – CHW…