23rd April

…Acclaim’ MAGNOLIA ‘Stellar Acclaim’ MAGNOLIA ‘Stellar Acclaim’ MAGNOLIA ‘Woodsman’ MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis ‘Eva Maria’ MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ MAGNOLIA x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ RHODODENDRON ‘Logan Damaris’ RHODODENDRON ‘Logan Damaris’…

26th April

…Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ with pink tips to its petals. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Garnettii’ with a lovely contrast between…

10th May

…for us. Sorbus matsumurana Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ looking as its name would have you believe. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Sapium sebiferum very late into leaf…

27th June

…and Erigeron karvinskianus Phillyrea angustifolia and Sambucus ‘Black Beauty’. Phillyrea angustifolia and Sambucus ‘Black Beauty’ Rosa ‘Bonica’ is one which we should stock. Very reliable in the Cornish damp! Rosa…

10th March 1897 – 2020

…coming out under the Magnolia x veitchiis. Camellia reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ Different coloured flowers on Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’. This happens when some get windblown….

2nd May

…decorum Rhododendron decorum Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ which we must layer and try aerial. Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Our old Litsea japonica tree died and fell…

19th April

‘Black Beauty’ still in bud is darker (in bud) than ‘Genie’ or ‘Black Tulip’. MAGNOLIA ‘Sunray’ Magnolia ‘Sunray’ is not as poor as I thought 10 days ago and has…

7th April

black flowers showing on Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ – they really are black. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Enormous flower clusters on an elderly Illicum anisatum in full shade….

5th April

…10th – sigh! M. ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Deep Purple Dream’ M. ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Deep Purple Dream’ d) Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Deep Purple Dream’ has its…

31st March

…‘A.E. Bold’ Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ now properly out in flower. Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Salix hookeriana looking good and now in a vase for visitors…

16th March

…yet another new name to us. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ is excellent. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M….

13th July

…– a gentle colour Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Hibiscus ‘Lavender Chiffon’ – a good semi double Hibiscus ‘Lavender Chiffon’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ with fruits just turning colour Malus…

8th April

…full flower. Ours has not yet. Prunus maakii ‘Amber Beauty’ Prunus maakii ‘Amber Beauty’ Darmera peltata in flower with no leaf. Darmera peltata Taxus baccata ‘Rushmore’ – tiny leaves. Taxus…

21st March 1897 – 2020

‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Serene’ – an interesting first flower. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Serene’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Deep Purple Dream’ – now named ‘Aphrodite’ or ‘Antje…

11th April

…Paler than ‘Black Tulip’ as you would expect but with a rounded Black Tulip shape. Magnolia ‘Rose Marie’ x ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Rose Marie’ x ‘Black Tulip’ Rhododendron irroratum ‘Polka…

27th February

…Purple Dream’) Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’. No specific name as far as I know. Rounded flower. Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’…

18th August

…Dream’ and Lysimachia ‘Alexander’ Hypericum inodorum ‘Magical Beauty’ which I first saw in flower at Bodmin Garden Centre. Impressive seed heads now as well. Hypericum inodorum ‘Magical Beauty’ Hypericum inodorum…

5th February

…point. I have not seen this before. Clematis urophylla ‘Winter Beauty’ Clematis urophylla ‘Winter Beauty’ A good tray of young Phoebe bournei. Phoebe bournei Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’…

11th March

…Magnolia ‘Brombeer’ now further out. Magnolia ‘Brombeer’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x M. ‘Black Tulip’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x M. ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x M. ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Laura…

20th July

…erect bush. Desmodium elegans Dicentra scandens just out. Dicentra scandens Hydrangea serrata ‘Garden House Beauty’ looking superb. Should it be blue? Hydrangea serrata ‘Garden House Beauty’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Garden House…