Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ has turned a bold yellow. Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Nyssa sinensis…

…2015 – CHW Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ still has nearly all its leaves on! Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Nearby a young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ which I photographed six weeks ago with what…

…This is another first flower (unimpressive) on Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x ‘Betty Jessel’ (2017 planted). Doubt it is true to name. Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x ‘Betty Jessel’ Rhododendron edgeworthii x…

…a splendid display again this year with little leaf. In full shelter here as we previously lost three young plants in an east wind near the Playhouse. Sophora microphylla ‘Sun…

…A good few young evergreen trees blown over in the gales here and there. evergreen trees blown over The Polyspora in Area 6 and surrounded by Styrax/ Stewartia is out…

…picture of his new magnolia cross flowering properly for the first time. It is Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ x Magnolia ‘Darjeeling’ and, as yet, unnamed. A really good purplish-red as you…

…Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’. Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Buds opening on Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ The start of Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ The New Zealand form of Magnolia…

…a few flowers before and nothing last year. Michelia martinii Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ First flowers on a young Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ below White Styles….

…Beside it 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…

…missed Rhododendron emarginatum (CW & T6278). Rhododendron emarginatum (CW & T6278) A young Rhododendron arboreum dying after the drought. Rhododendron arboreum dying Deer damage to a main stem on Rhododedron…

…a young plant. Few Tilia species seem to flower at a young age. Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Quercus franchetii with flowers. Quercus franchetii Quercus franchetii 2022…

…Flowers on a young Crataegomespilus ‘Jules d’Asnières’ (Crataegus monogyna x Mespilus germanica). Crataegomespilus ‘Jules d’Asnières’ Eleutherococcus giraldii (BWJ 8091) with prickles on the stem. Eleutherococcus giraldii (BWJ 8091) Eleutherococcus giraldii…

…species in Cornwall! Thank you for this and for all your other current work for the farm. Best wishes, Charles Erica x williamsii 2023 – CHW Storm Betty last week…

…with new growth unlike the other plants of this cross (2019 planted). Mahonia x savilleana A good new young Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ at the far end of Old Park. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’…

…split and half lost. Viburnum × burkwoodii ‘Mohawk’ Camellia reticulata ‘Fee de l’Aulne’ – again a tail ender. Camellia reticulata ‘Fee de l’Aulne’ A young Prunus ‘Tai-Haku’ coming on nicely…

…‘Young Rusty’ Podocarpus ‘Young Rusty’ Purplish stroboli in profusion on this green leaved male podocarpus quite near ‘Young Rusty’. What might growing these seed produce by way of a new…

…‘Porcelain Dove’ 2024 – CHW First tassel flowers on one of our young Pterocarya macroptera var. insignis trees. Pterocarya macroptera var. insignis Pterocarya macroptera var. insignis Pterocarya macroptera var. insignis…

…plaque. Zara with the new Amelanchier collection plaque A young Rhododendron lepidostylum on the drive with its tiny flowers. Rhododendron lepidostylum The first flowers on the large clump of Azalea…

…johnsonii Hydrangea scandens subsp. chinensis full of flower. Hydrangea scandens subsp. chinensis Hydrangea scandens subsp. chinensis Young plants of the tender Brassaiopsis mitis here just arrived from France. Brassaiopsis mitis…

…weeping tree in maturity. This one is 33 years old. Maytenus boaria Another Schefflera delavayi with impressive new growth spikes. Schefflera delavayi Good young Rhododendron arizelum at the top of…