29th February

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Off to Rock for Ranulf Rayner’s book launch at the St. Enodoc Hotel with 50-60 attendees.

A good lot of Viola odorata in the car park.

Viola odorata
Viola odorata
Ranulf in full flow about climate change and his solutions – mini-nuclear power plants from Rolls Royce and a total ban on migration. Typically bombastic and crazily argumentative interspersed with common sense.
Ranulf Rayner
Ranulf Rayner
The St. Enodoc Hotel.
St. Enodoc Hotel
St. Enodoc Hotel
The Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the drive untouched by the gales.
Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’
Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’
Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’
Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’
An elderly Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata on the drive just coming out.
Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata
Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata
A leafless Rhododendron kiyosumense (related to Rh. reticulatum) just out on the drive. Some years this is semi-deciduous.
Rhododendron kiyosumense
Rhododendron kiyosumense
Ranulf Rayner’s book – ‘Climax – Saving Mother Earth’.
Ranulf Rayner’s book – ‘Climax – Saving Mother Earth’
Ranulf Rayner’s book – ‘Climax – Saving Mother Earth’

The usual Great Gardens of Cornwall party at The Nare Hotel to launch ‘Spring has Sprung’.

Magnolias predominate as you would expect.

The Spring Story and launch started in 2013.

The usual speeches.

4 thoughts on “29th February”

  1. Jonathan Saylor here again,
    I just wanted to add a correction. Although a family member was just speaking of my grandfather Philip Savage and claiming he was the “founder” of the Magnolia Society, he was not. I was just reading up on him and he was first secretary and then president. Still a great honor but I wanted the facts to be straight. I would love to hear back and a link to his bio can be sent with information of his achievements as a Magnolia Hybridizer.

  2. Hello,
    My name is Jonathan Saylor. My wife and I were just doing some browsing and read what was said about the Laura Saylor and I saw this as a wonderful opportunity to get the story out there. Laura Saylor is my mother and the creator of this beautiful tree was her father Philip Savage. He was the founder of the Magnolia Society here in Michigan, US. He was responsible for many of the popular Magnolia species, most notably the ‘Butterflies’. My mother is alive and well and enjoying her grandchildren and there is obviously much more to the story of origin and I would love for it to be told. Please feel free to reach out.

  3. Dear Sirs,are you familiar with magnolia ‘Evening Calm’ ‘Little Calm’ and ‘Be Calm’ liliifloras from Korea selected by John Gallagher

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