…so is Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’. Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chindit’ a darker colour than I have ever seen it before. Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chindit’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ showing…

…the old plant featured last week this one has a full flush of dark flowers. You might argue that this is not a second flowering but actually an early flowering….

…not to be correct). Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Aesculus woerlitzensis with dark red flowers. Aesculus woerlitzensis Aesculus woerlitzensis Aesculus bushii with much larger double pink flowers with a…

…Day’ with its amazing autumn colours. Viburnum plicatum ‘Opening Day’ Morus cathayana planted on the bank below the medlar. Good light yellow-white autumn colour. Morus cathayana The third and darker…

…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Another Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ on the drive. Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ Rhododendron kiyosumense comes in a variety of colours. Here a darker one on…

…Blechnum fluviatile Myrsine salicina (now renamed Rapanea salicifolia) was another novelty with dark red pendulous tubular flowers on Treseders Nursery display. Greenhouse only I suspect. Myrsine salicina Myrsine salicina Polygonatum…

…12640 Meliosma myriantha v. discolour MF 97132 Turpinia ternata CWJ12360 Aristolochia semepervirens BSWJ13600 Dactylicapnos ventii WJC13786 Holboellia latiflora ssp. Chartacea HWJK2213d Dark Flowered Acer eryranthrum FMWJ13157 Acer laevigatum FMWJ13439 Betula…

…the wind blows again. 1940 – CW First Sutchuenense hybrids out also Arboreum thomsonii x. Camellia sasanqua, double white, speciosa and its light and dark pink hybrids, also Oleifera very…

…I have never seen it flower better especially on low down branches even if it is a fairly unexciting species. Magnolia amoena Rhododendron spinuliferum. The Burncoose form is much darker…

…old, now dead, plant. Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ now full out. Incredible dark red colours as the flowers fade. Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Rare to find a swelling…