15th April

…spring but it is certainly here now so visit Caerhays this week and catch it at its best:Magnolia ‘Sundance’ – an early yellow Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ –…

30th March

…colour combination. Magnolia cylindrica Magnolia cylindrica Magnolia ‘Sundance’ (Magnolia acuminata x Magnolia denudata) just coming out. Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Camellia ‘Mimosa Jury’ was good and new to us. Camellia…

17th April

…and southern Europe. Planted in far too prominent a position. Prunus mahaleb 2021 – CHW The yellowish Magnolia ‘Sundance’ against a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Yuchelia’ just coming out….

8th July

…fortunei albomarginata in flower. Hosta fortunei albomarginata Well clipped Buxus sempervirens and Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’. Buxus sempervirens Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ and Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’. Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’…

24th March

…Magnolia ‘Sundance’. Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ and a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Rhododendron macabeanum and Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’. Rhododendron macabeanum Symplocos paniculata in flower. Symplocos paniculata Symplocos paniculata…

31st March

…this unusual and very early magnolia year. Magnolia x veitchiis Magnolia x veitchiis First ‘yellow’ flower of the year on Magnolia ‘Sundance’. Another record as usually late April? Magnolia ‘Sundance’…

3rd April

…Magnolia ‘Sundance’ more or less smashed to bits as well. Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Dipelta floribunda just coming into flower. Dipelta floribunda 2023 – CHW We had planned to try to register…

9th April

…our original M cylindrica which is pure white this has an attractive reddish purple stripe at the base of the tepals. Magnolia cylindrica Magnolia ‘Sundance’ now has a couple of…

29th October

…into flower. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Magnolia ‘Sundance’ glowing yellow in the late afternoon sun with two Cornus kousa types showing red either side of it. Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Porcelain…

12th February

…leafless with the flowers nearly over. Sycoparrotia semidecidua Frost damage on Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ even in a tunnel. Frost damage on Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ Arbutus andrachne in full flower. Arbutus…