22nd April

…is Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ which will not be winning any prizes! Not one of the yellows that has made the grade. Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ Still a few…

21st September

…tender although it is well sheltered here. Perhaps and accidental splash of weed killer in April? Anyway we have some nice young plants grown by Asia coming on in the…

22nd February

…out. Notice the splash of greenish yellow on the tips of the outer tepals. The name means ‘The Swan’ and it was raised in Mark Bulk’s nurseries in Holland. Magnolia…

14th March

…wall a ‘Caerhays Belle’ sister seedling is coming out. Pleasant enough and a good splash from the front door but nowhere near as good as the true Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’….

12th May

…Phipps. Not in Hillier’s either? Crataegus jozana First flower on Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’. Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ Acer sterculiaceum subsp. sterculiaceum in Kennel Close. The same bronzy hue and more regularly…

19th May

…per day is very close to us. We are on the front cover or rather the viburnum is. Burncoose Nurseries Gold winning stand at Chelsea stand Burncoose Nurseries Gold winning…

6th May

…glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’ was a good new form. Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’ Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’ Calocedrus decurrens ‘Berrima Gold’ [Not ‘Burma Gold’ – thanks to Wolfgang Keidel for…

12th July

…‘Glanleam Gold’ Luma apiculata ‘Glanleam Gold’ 2019 – CHW Another photography visit to Busy Bee Garden Centre in the usual oppressive heat. Pretty ghastly but the show goes on and…

10th September

…to the Burncoose Garden. Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ 2017 – CHW Jaimie and his team have been cutting the trash on the islands. They came upon…

7th April

…Kinokana’ (Bamboo) Chusquea couleou nicely pruned to show off its stems properly. Chusquea couleou Chusquea couleou Acer negundo ‘Kellys Gold’ with flower and emerging golden leaves. Acer negundo ‘Kellys Gold’…