8th April

Michael with our major magnolia class competitors. Jaimie and Michael The sell off begins at 4pm at the end of the show. The sell off begins at 4pm R&A Scamp’s…

1st April

…the conventional Michelia doltsopa which Michael Levett grew from a seed and is now 30-40 feet tall in the Rookery. The undersides of the leaves not so silvery. There are…

11th March

…to the much paler ‘Bishop Michael’ and where he is today? Michael used to be in Rogers Quarry but was cut down 15 years ago to make room for the…

4th March

…‘Caerhays Belle’ with Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ behind it. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ with Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ in Roger’s Quarry. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Tom Hudson inspects Juniperus recurva var….

26th April

…(in a group of three) very nearly ‘Charles Michael’ which had died out on us but still hangs in there at Burncoose. Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ x Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’…

14th July

…RJW and Beatrice. RJW and Beatrice The chief photographer gets into his swing. Karol! Karol! Isla in her party dress. Isla Serena emerges. Serena The happy couple. happy couple Serena…

10th March

…‘Bishop Michael’ now out low down and a good colour. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ I cannot resist more pictures of Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’…

28th April

…we dream it up but something for the rhodo members to enjoy anyway. Planted here in 2005. Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ This all…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 4)

…Congreve 12 years ago the rhodo and camellia plantings were so thick that it was obvious Michael White, the head gardener, had a battle ahead. Four years after Ambrose Congreve’s…

30th December

…dropped. Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ with its first flowers. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ 2020 – CHW So now the first real frost of the…