6th April

…Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ but it is not a very big flower and the correct plant is probably next to the big new Sequoiadendron giganteum. RHODODENDRON arboreum (white) RHODODENDRON ‘Endslegh Pink’…

3rd March

…the bush than most of the others. Rhododendron ririei The first decent big leaf Rhododendron sinogrande that I have seen out this year. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande The root damaged…

7th August

…and small leaved rhododendrons dead big and small leaved rhododendrons dead big and small leaved rhododendrons dead big and small leaved rhododendrons In full shade another good Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’….

12th June

…rhodo season. Rho on rubbish dump full out. R weyrichii gone. Big display in Old Park been over for some time. Wilsons’ R fortunei in Big Quarry well out. Saw…

29th July

…days to make them set seed. Big leafs struggling Big leafs struggling Interested to read an article in MSI Journal of how you fertilise the flowers of Magnolia delavayi to…

12th July

…be well worth Burncoose stocking. Salvia ‘Purple and Bloom’ Salvia ‘Purple and Bloom’ Salvia ‘Big Blue’ not bad either. Salvia ‘Big Blue’ Salvia ‘Big Blue’ 2022 – CHW The hydrangea…

1st April

…here in a big clump. garlic garlic Then a look at the 9 birch trees planted above the drive in 2008 starting at the Top Lodge end. Trunk, lower branches…

29th March

…our older big leafed rhododendrons have hated the winds. They did not grow much in the last two dry summers, over flowered, and now urgently need a wet growing summer….

26th March

…‘Cup Cake’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia liliiflora ‘Holland Red’. Magnolia liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’. Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’ Magnolia…

29th May

…things which look interesting, I have listed below.The bioritsensis holly by the nursery a nice tree, didn’t realise it got that big. It does fit with three small plants I…