20th April

…Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ just coming out in Penvergate. Not as good a colour yet as some years but still impressive. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ This is one that…

24th April

…or ‘Mister Yellowjacket’? I need to go and look at some other possibilities. [I found the answer: it is ‘Sundance’!] yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia A big…

13th April

…leaf at all yet. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ from a distance from below the Rockery. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ 2019 – CHW Malus ‘Evelyn’ (Malus ioensis ‘Evelyn’) just coming…

1st September

…for the house. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Sadly the Tilia henryana has collapsed. One bit of the tree split out a couple of years ago…

3rd April

…‘Moondragon’ Narcissus ‘Geranium’ Narcissus ‘Geranium’ Narcissus ‘Geranium’ Narcissus ‘Yellow Cheerfulness’ Narcissus ‘Yellow Cheerfulness’ Narcissus ‘Yellow Cheerfulness’ 2019 – CHW Still no rain!A flower on the large Rhododendron sinogrande which we…

27th March

…‘Golden Gala’ As was the champion tree of Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ 2019 – CHW Some newish magnolias in Kennel Close.In a magnificent Michelia year…

23rd April

‘Yellow Bird’ nearly over. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ 2021 – CHW I thought it might be interesting to photograph all the many different forms of Rhododendron davidsonianum out today in the…

5th May

…yunnanensis This plant of Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ is doing rather better than the other. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Halesia macgregori with its first flower. Another plant has flowered…

29th March

…Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ just showing. M. ‘Yellow Bird’ beside it not showing at all. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’ in Penvergate. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ in Penvergate. Covered…

2nd March

…we are. new bird boxes new bird boxes new bird boxes A full day at Burncoose plotting this year’s planting programme and picking out the plants from the nursery. Cornus…