…growth shoots. Tilia chingiana Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’ now with its faintly coppery young leaves. Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’ Crataegus aestivales – the eastern Mayhaw, from Alabama, Florida and Virginia making a…

…‘Caerhays Belle’. A bit earlier than last year I think. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Good colours on Wisteria floribunda ‘Violacea Plena’ (‘Black Dragon’). Wisteria floribunda ‘Violacea Plena’ A nice show of…

…– no flowers! Mahonia eurybracteata subsp. ganpinensis ‘Meteor’ Agastache ‘Beelicious Pink’ – not a great plant! Agastache ‘Beelicious Pink’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Belle de Loire’. Salvia x jamensis ‘Belle de…

…superb small growing tree. Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ First flowers out on Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’. Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Impressive new growth on Abies spectabilis. Abies spectabilis Populus wilsocarpa…

…in full flower. Camellia x williamsii Camellia x williamsii Cotoneaster horizontalis has lost its berries but not its exceptional autumn colour. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ is still…

…now to be tested and signed off by Animal Health. incinerator Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ has still not shed its leaves but very close now two weeks or so from Christmas….

…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…

…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…

…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…