…palmatum ‘Skeeters Broom’ The Michelias looking superb in Tunnel 3. Michelias Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Summer…

…‘Fairy Cream’ nicely out in Old Park. Impressively quick growth into a sizeable small tree. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Tree surgeons felling some elderly sweet chestnuts in Old…

…‘Wisley Cream’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Cream’ The best blue hydrangea clump in the garden Dad always maintained in shade above the Auklandii Garden. A better blue than Hydrangea…

…Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Pink) First flowers just out on Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ in Old Park. Absurdly early. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Jaimie has a cunning new plan to fell this massive…

…White’. Plenty of bud to come on such an immature plant. Excellent value as a nursery purchase. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ nearby is still in tight bud with…

…Cream’ and ‘Fairy White’ doing well but not ‘Blush’ or ‘Fairy Lime’ as yet. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ may be lime green as it opens but this is…

…the Alzheimer’s charity. Leslie lost his wife, Myra, to this vile disease around Christmas. The garden as pristine and well managed as always. Eucomis bicolor and Phormium ‘Cream Delight’. Eucomis…

…‘Apollo’, Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Velvet and Cream’ with extraordinary and colourful seed pods. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Velvet and Cream’ The climber tunnel looking pretty good too. The climber tunnel 2022…

…in ‘The Beast’ so seems hardy enough. Escallonia tucumanensis Escallonia tucumanensis Escallonia tucumanensis Clethra fabri (FMW 713037) with two large multiple flower spikes appearing. Dark foliage with purple undersides to…

…Helen’ and M. ‘Apollo’. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ is still in tight bud. If you grew the four fairies in a row (Blush, White, Cream and Lime)…