…horizontalis Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ is still holding most of its leaves above the Erica arborea in full flower. Not unusual in December. Other nearby magnolias dropped their leaves in the…

…incinerator at the farm which has now to be tested and signed off by Animal Health. incinerator Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ has still not shed its leaves but very close now…

…First flowers on our young Camellia trichocarpa – heavily scented. Camellia trichocarpa Camellia trichocarpa Camellia japonica ‘Kramers Supreme’ Camellia japonica ‘Kramers Supreme’ Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’ Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’ Camellia ‘Scentuous’…

…R. ‘Maisie’ – 1st Early Magnolia competition Three different species, hybrids or cultivars in three vases M. ‘Caerhays Belle’, M. ‘Philip Tregunna’ & M. ‘Lanarth’ (Seedling) – 1st and The…

…notice flowers amongst leaves. What is now clear is that a few of these flowers, especially on a young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’, were not secondary blooms but spring arriving in…

…now over but with leaf coming. Magnolia ‘Mossmans Giant’ Magnolia ‘Mossmans Giant’ Magnolia ‘Todds Forty Niner’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ is starting to show colour all over – record early of…

…Jessel’ still has nearly all its leaves on! Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Nearby a young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ which I photographed six weeks ago with what I thought was a secondary…

…have seen it better in the nursery. Magnolia ‘Tinkerbelle’ Magnolia ‘Tinkerbelle’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’…

…into its own with 25 or so flowers and a blue sky. A different shape to ‘Caerhays Belle’ and ‘Kew Surprise’ which, despite its name, are its sister seedlings. Paler…

…M. acuminata ssp. subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ x M. ‘Elizabeth’. Not bad but not as good as ‘Honey Tulip’ or ‘Honey Belle’, or ‘Judy Zuk’ as we can now compare. Magnolia…