13th May

…to think it took us years to notice it was even flowering! Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ A huge elderly clump of Rhododendron…

11th May

…what the 50 pages of government guidelines say today. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ in bud. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Cercis canadensis ‘Flame’ making a good show. Cercis canadensis ‘Flame’…

24th May

…no photos for security reasons as the groom is ‘one of those’. Two military drunks require Mary and the bouncers in the early hours. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’…

30th May

Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ The Magnolia ‘Daphne’ in Kennel Close is still looking good. The others on the Main Ride are well over. Magnolia ‘Daphne’ Magnolia ‘Daphne’…

25th May

…now at least, the flowers are larger. What a simply wonderful magnolia this is! Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ A few Crataegus species in flower perhaps…

9th May

…x M. obovata. I doubt there is much globosa in ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ We have waited a long time for Michelia laevifolia ‘Michelle’ to flower here in a…

12th May

…flowered much earlier. Rehderodendron kwatungense has still to perform. Rehderodendron kweichowense Rehderodendron kweichowense Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ full out 10 days earlier than usual and another Chelsea defector. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’…

16th May

…The largest Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ in flower at 30ft+. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Rehderodendron kweichowense (WWJ 12019) flowering for the second time ever and rather more profusely. Rehderodendron…

4th June

…the leaves which are attractive on their own. Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Philadelphus satsumi just out. Philadelphus satsumi Philadelphus satsumi Still good flowers on Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia…

26th May

…has vanished. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Aesculus woerlitzensis is nicely in flower. I do not think we have seen this out before. It is not in Hillier’s but…