12th April

…with Magnolia ‘Peachy’) just coming out. I am far from sure we have our two the right way around. Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ At last, after three separate searches over…

1st May

…The target today is to look at (and for) other newish michelias flowering for the first time but I get side tracked as usual. MAGNOLIA ‘Daybreak’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ – we…

28th April

…A newish Rhododendron neriiflorum full out. Rhododendron neriiflorum Rhododendron oldhamii just showing too. Rhododendron oldhamii Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ with its first flowers out. Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ Rhododendron ‘Broughtonii’ grown from…

27th April

…x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x M. ‘Gold Star’. Magnolia ‘Tranquility’ Magnolia ‘Tranquility’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Tilia…

13th April

…Garden. Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ badly marked by rain and hail. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ 2023 – CHW The Easter Egg Hunt in the Rockery with Isla, Bea…

24th April

…front gate is in fact wrongly labelled and is also a ‘Daybreak’. Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ Dipteronia sinensis just in leaf with a yellowish/bronzy tone. Dipteronia sinensis 2020 – CHW I started…

18th November

…all looking good. herbaceous plants herbaceous plants herbaceous plants The leaves Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ turn white before they drop. Loropetalum ‘Daybreak Flame’ also well into flower. Loropetalum ‘Daybreak Flame’ Good…

16th November

…unexpected show from Magnolia ‘Daybreak’. Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ The removal of the leylandii hedge is nearly complete with only four more to go. The digger is due soon to remove the…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 4)

…Magnolia ‘Daybreak’. Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ Magnolia x thompsoniana ‘Olmenhof’ was highly recommended by Michael for scent and a lengthy flowering period through the summer. Magnolia x thompsoniana ‘Olmenhof’ Tapiscia sinensis was…

26th May

…Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Cornus ‘Venus’ has now developed a pink tinge. Cornus ‘Venus’ Cornus ‘Venus’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ still has a few late flowers (much like ‘Peachy’). Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ Acer…