25th May

…had its first cut. Especially long here for the time of year. Grass cutting Grass cutting Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ still has a good show in Old Park. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’…

3rd May

…over beside it above Roger’s Quarry. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Cream’ full out and Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Cream’ I think Rhododendron floccigerum is my favourite Rhodo species. It’s…

28th April

…Acer palmatum ‘Skeeters Broom’ The Michelias looking superb in Tunnel 3. Michelias Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Michelia laevifolia…

29th March

Cream’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Magnolia ‘Just Jean’ is a M. soulangeana seedling raised by John Gallagher. Magnolia ‘Just Jean’ Gigantic Rhododendron calophytums at the bottom of…

4th March

…Park. Impressively quick growth into a sizeable small tree. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Tree surgeons felling some elderly sweet chestnuts in Old Park. sweet chestnuts Camellia sasanqua ‘Yume’…

13th January

…Newly potted herbaceous plants outside now fill half the long bed to start the season off again in earnest. herbaceous plants The Musa basjoo (banana) has not enjoyed the recent…

15th September

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW The bananas in the Burncoose Nurseries car park have grown exponentially. bananas The…

15th October

…6278) Rhododendron emarginatum Flower buds and a ripening seed pod on Polyspora longicarpa (WWJ 11604). Polyspora longicarpa The first seed pods I have ever seen setting on Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’….

15th February 1897 – 2020

…nursery purchase. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ nearby is still in tight bud with rather less buds formed. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’ may get flattened…

12th January

…‘Fairy Cream’ nowhere near as advanced. This is normal for these two adjacent plants. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Kunming’ is two months from flowering as well. Michelia laevifolia ‘Kunming’…

22nd December

…on Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Our layers on Rhododendron griffithianum need moving next spring and have clearly developed their own roots. Rhododendron griffithianum Still berries on Ugni molinae…

8th December

…Marvel’ Podocarpus nivalis ‘Kilworth Cream’ in its winter colours. Podocarpus nivalis ‘Kilworth Cream’ Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ looking great. Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Viburnum carlcephalum with decent autumn colour. Viburnum…

14th August

…‘Koban Dori’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Gold Finch’. Magnolia acuminata ‘Gold Finch’ Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’. Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’, Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Velvet and Cream’ with extraordinary and colourful seed pods. Magnolia…

13th August

…for the Alzheimer’s charity. Leslie lost his wife, Myra, to this vile disease around Christmas. The garden as pristine and well managed as always.Eucomis bicolor and Phormium ‘Cream Delight’. Eucomis…

20th April

…undersides of the new leaves which I would have expected on M. manipurensis. Magnolia doltsopa manipurensis (NJM 13010) Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Camellia yunnanensis with wonderful new growth….

29th July

…Chiffon’ The dark foliage on Ceanothus ‘Tuxedo’ looked interesting and new but no flowers now. Ceanothus ‘Tuxedo’ A wall of nasturtiums was superb. nasturtiums Penstemon ‘Strawberries and Cream’ – better…

26th April

…greenhouse frames. Just potted on ready to be planted out next spring. We seem to have ‘Fairy Cream’ and ‘Fairy White’ doing well but not ‘Blush’ or ‘Fairy Lime’ as…

23rd April

…Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ is still in tight bud. If you grew the four fairies in a row (Blush, White, Cream and Lime) as we do in Old Park…

14th April

…Rhododendron loderi Magnolia ‘Peaches ‘n’ Cream’ seems very like ‘Peachy’ and ‘Daybreak’?! Perhaps I am being unfair to a first single flower. Magnolia ‘Peaches ‘n’ Cream’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ –…

28th March

…green today but will quickly fade to cream. Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ The two mature pink forms of Magnolia x veitchii are gorgeous against a blue sky. Magnolia x veitchii…