16th February

Lace’ which we brought back as a plant from Italy. Camellia ‘Black Lace’ I have walked under this very pale old original Magnolia campbellii by Tin Garden several times in…

24th September

…small plant in a pot Corylus fargesii has one huge cluster of long cobnuts. Corylus fargesii 2021 – CHW Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ has now turned a delicate pink in…

23rd October

…‘White Lace’. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Young Acer campestre showing autumnal yellow. Acer campestre Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ turning to reddish purple. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ First yellowing on Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’….

8th March

…now in the centre of the Old Park. 2019 planted. Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Theodora’ is Maurice Foster’s UK bred M. ‘Dark Shadow’ x…

26th March

…have seen it better in the nursery. Magnolia ‘Tinkerbelle’ Magnolia ‘Tinkerbelle’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’…

16th March

…used to avoid damaging the huge root balls during the move. Finally dry enough to place out the large rhododendrons Finally dry enough to place out the large rhododendrons Finally…

21st March

…dawsoniana ‘Valley Splendour’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Valley Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ is still unnamed as far as I know. Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ is…

Tregrehan Gardens Visit – 15th March 2019

…berries Nothofagus dombeyi trunk Camellia ‘Black Lace’ Dacrycarpus dacrydioides trunk. These are growing as a clump of five trees. Rhododendron frangipanensis in full flower. New species to me. Arbutus canariensis…

7th March

…liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Caerhays Surprise’ is now call Magnolia ‘Black Swan’. Also above Crinodendron Hedge. Magnolia ‘Black

19th June

…from bare branches is well underway all over the tree. Multiple shoots on most twigs while the previously frosted ‘new’ leaves still hang there black and dead ‘bending the knee’….