…July but, after a fortnight of rain on baked soil, all the fungi may get out of kilter and appear early? gigantic puffbal Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ with its secondary flowers which…

…much newer New Zealand hybrid Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ is still showing nicely weeks after it first came out. Despite the leaves now appearing it is a delicate light colour. Mauve not…

…good. Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x Magnolia ‘J.C. Williams’ has extremely reddish new growth which I have seen in some other magnolias but seldom as pronounced…

…Star’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ has faded but still a show after six weeks. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ A 2019 present from Windsor coming into leaf – Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ with…

…Beside it a young Magnolia ‘ Cleopatra’ with slightly darker colours than the one in Kennel Close. Magnolia ‘ Cleopatra’ Camellia reticulata ‘Fee de L’Aulne’. Camellia reticulata ‘Fee de L’Aulne’…

…the east wind. Acer negundo var. violaceum Acer negundo var. violaceum Another young Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ flowering at a young age. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ We lost the label off this unnamed but…

…‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia ‘Purple Sensation’. Magnolia ‘Purple Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’…

…Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x…

…‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Wakehurst’. Magnolia campbellii…

…(Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Sweet Simplicity’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’). Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Absurdly Rhododendron veitchiorum Cubittii Group, the first of the ‘smellies’, is already in flower in February. Rhododendron…

…shape. Not as good as a new introduction as Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ or yesterday’s Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ I suspect but very nice none the less. Magnolia ‘Mount Pironga’ Magnolia ‘Mount Pironga’…

…New Zealand hybrids perhaps but very well worth its place. ‘Cleopatra’ is better I think but, perhaps, early days. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ – fair I suppose…