2nd May

…var. giganteum also planted in 2019. Rhododendron protistum var. giganteum Magnolia laevifolia ‘Fairy Cream’ now at its best. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Kunming’ flowering…

27th April

…like as good as this. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Another (just out) Rhododendron niveum which is a rather…

4th April

…the base of the tepals. Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Another from Raf is…

10th May

…dying in the drought last summer. Eucryphia ‘Nyman’s Silver’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘White Caviar’ is a fine thing! Better each year. Magnolia laevifolia ‘White Caviar’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘White Caviar’ Good new…

26th April

…larger than plain laevifolia. Another good thing! Michelia laevifolia ‘Gail’s Favourite’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Gail’s Favourite’ Reversion in Quercus cerris ‘Argenteovariegata’ both as twigs and, in some cases, as branches. Karol…

28th April

…3. Michelias Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’…

17th March

…gift of Magnolia laevifolia x M. champaca x (M. laevifolia x M. maudiae) has its first two flowers. Not, as yet, show stoppers! Looks very like plain M. laevifolia to…

15th August

…for the first time last year. Lysionotus pauciflorus (BSWJ 335) Magnolia (M. laevifolia x M. championii) x (M. laevifolia x M. maudiae). This gift from Raf in February is suddenly…

30th September

…x [M. laevifolia x maudiae] which is scenting the greenhouse. Out of season to put it mildly. Magnolia laevifolia x chapmanii x [M. laevifolia x maudiae] First seed heads on…

9th May

…Solstice’ We have waited a long time for Michelia laevifolia ‘Michelle’ to flower here in a shady place. It came labelled as M. dainica ‘Michelle’ (another old name for laevifolia)….