Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW The rather dull species of magnolia called Magnolia amoena flowering sparsely today…

…Quite a surprise. Michelia doltsopa The hugely dull Magnolia amoena has a few flowers out. It is very like Magnolia zenii indeed and just as boring but it has made…

…‘Hinodegiri’ and Rhododendron bauhiniiflorum on Hovel Cart Road. Azalea ‘Hinodegiri’ First flowers on Azalea ‘Ledifolia Alba’ on the drive. Azalea ‘Ledifolia Alba’ Azalea amoena and Rhododendron kiyosumense. Azalea amoena Azalea…

…burmanicum. Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ and Rhododendron burmanicum Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ and Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ (Caerhays hybrid). Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ and Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ Azalea amoena and rhododendron ‘High Sheriff’….

…Auklandii have begun to wane, Mrs Butler lovely, Azaleas good, Clematis montana poor this year. Berberis stenophylla good. Falconeri really fine for the first time. Azalea amoena V.G. 1905 –…

…almost over. Azaleas very good. Rain in time but not for Amoena, all small due to May drought and cold. 1897 – JCW Sowed the first lot of daff seed….

…on the wane. No yellow trumpets left but nice Leiden and a little colour. Rho amoena at their best. Cherries in Drive very good. Magnolia conspicua, denudata and stellata are…

…bits of one yellow below Hovel road. Bits of Davidsonianum and Sutchuenense hybrids. No reds. Bits of Azalea Amoena and several Kurume. 1940 – CW Cold spell began and this…

…and Rhododendron bauhiniiflorum. Rhododendron cilpinense Erica canaliculata and Azalea ‘Amoena’. Erica canaliculata 2021 – CHW Finally, our long-planned trip here with Nick Lock to view some of the dull and…

…of the drive but skimmed an Azalea ‘Amoena’. Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ full out on the Burncoose drive nearby (Magnolia sieboldii x Magnolia tripetala). Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ Magnolia ‘Charles…