27th August

…Magnolia rostrata A 3 year old Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ very dead. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ And another rhododendron. another rhododendron Just one seed on a new, virtually dead, ancient Rehderodendron macrocarpum….

6th April

…the class for 3 sprays:- Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star Magnolia ‘Peachy’. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Limelight’ (the spare one). Magnolia ‘Limelight’ And our…

27th April

…– M. ‘Lemon Star’ Any species/hybrid except acuminata single bloom 1st – M. ‘Tikitere’ 1st – M. ‘Tikitere’ Any species/hybrid of acuminata single bloom 1st – M. ‘Apricot Brandy’ 1st…

5th June

…branches in 2017. Enkianthus hirtinervus Enkianthus hirtinervus Azalea ‘Moidart’ in full shade. Also very late into flower and a gentle apricot-pink fading paler here. Azalea ‘Moidart’ Azalea ‘Moidart’ Rhododendron dichroanthum…

14th March

…Aucuba himalaica var. dolichophylla Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Amazing daffodils from Ron Scamp.‘Apricot Whirl’ ‘Apricot Whirl’ ‘Pink Glacier’ ‘Pink Glacier’ Corydalis nobilis Corydalis nobilis Grevillea x semperflorens Grevillea…

31st August

…(Nikko fir) is also similarly covered in blue cones. One small cone has a twist of needles at the top. Abies homolepis Abies homolepis Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ with a sparse…

5th October

…Caerhays has taken another nasty twist. The planners demanded on expensive geophysical survey. This showed nothing in the proposed new graveyard area. The planners then consulted their own archaeologists who…

25th April

…behalf from David Millais Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’, ‘Genie’, ‘Margaret Helen’, ‘Tikitere’ and ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’, ‘Hot Flush’, ‘Yuchelia’, ‘Banana Split’, ‘Tropicana’ and ‘Lemon Star’ 2021 – CHW Prunus mahaleb,…

16th April

…not peach-apricot as they should be, but I think they will yet fade in colour. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ The dwarf Rhododendron russatum in the Rockery….

27th May

…growing dome shaped tree with apricot flowers with yellow markings. Today it is the best show of any of the 12 aesculus species and hybrids now flowering away here today….