1st February

grandiflora ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’ Mahonia japonica nearly over in full shade by the greenhouse frames. Mahonia japonica The snowdrops moved from The Vean are half…

29th September

…transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ in Kennel Close. Fruits and leaves much the same colour. Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ Crataegus grandiflora (Crataegomespilus grandiflora) is…

1st October

grandiflora below the lawn. Magnolia grandiflora Acer saccherinum, the silver maple, has five-lobed leaves. Many blown off without turning colour but just a hint of the true yellow one might…

23rd October

…fine flower on Magnolia grandiflora ‘Russet’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Russet’ The fallen Quercus ilex branch close up. Quercus ilex Decent colours on Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’. Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ Variations…

10th November

…flowered here. Wonderful brown/black/gold indumentum on the underside of its small leaves. Asia should try to propagate this. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ An elderly clump of…

15th November

…the front door. About the same as last year? Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Just as fine a flower on Magnolia grandiflora today as on Magnolia delavayi a day or two ago. Magnolia…

9th December

…room for planting Flower buds in December on Magnolia grandiflora ‘Symmes Select’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Symmes Select’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Symmes Select’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Symmes Select’ Camellia japonica ‘Bokuhan’ just out by…

25th December

…the side door arrangement. side door arrangement Also out today was Magnolia delavayi. Magnolia delavayi And flowers on Magnolia grandiflora – one bruised by passing vehicles. Magnolia grandiflora We saw…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 4)

…racemosa (grandiflora) Exochorda racemosa (grandiflora) Exochorda racemosa (grandiflora) Olearia x matthewsii was a new species to me. Olearia x matthewsii Olearia x matthewsii Olearia x matthewsii Juniperus recurva ‘Castlewellan’ –…

4th January 1897- 2020

…not had a frost yet! Another youngish plant also has a flower or two below the main ride. Magnolia grandiflora Magnolia grandiflora Magnolia ‘March till frost’ 1972 – FJW Cold…

20th April

…different M. grandiflora on the top wall in any of the 12 months of the year. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Symes Select’ 2021 – CHW A visit to Treseders nurseries to photograph…

12th May

…Acer heldreichii Acer heldreichii Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’ making a good show. Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’ Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’ First flower is out on Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’. Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’ You can…

14th May

…This large growing species is from [?]. (Again the reference book does not mention this species). Crataegus grandiflora Crataegus grandiflora A young Acer sterculiaceum subsp. franchettii with leaf colouring as…

30th May

…two Magnolia grandiflora. Schizophragma hydrangeoides We saw Camellia japonica ‘Spring Fling’ flowers floating in a dish of water at Chelsea last week. Here they are on the bush which is…

3rd June

…Cistanthe grandiflora Cistanthe grandiflora The Burncoose sales table with more colour this year than for several years. Burncoose Nurseries sales tables Syzygium smithii with a purple fruit which will then…

15th June

…Rhododendron ‘Tally Hoo Group’ 2020 – CHW Good flowers on Magnolia grandiflora ‘Main Street’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Main Street’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Main Street’ Pseudotaxus chienii is doing well on Sinogrande Walk….

16th June

…Dusk’. Very tall growing for a nepeta and not obviously a nepeta to look at. Nepeta grandiflora ‘Dawn to Dusk’ Nepeta grandiflora ‘Dawn to Dusk’ Azalea viscosum is always a…

4th July

…named clones of M. grandiflora both in term of its flowers and the attractive indumentum on the undersides of its leaves. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ has…

8th July

…a bit of a summary of what I found.Portulaca grandiflora decimated by the cold in spring. Odd bits survive out of the wind and the odd flower. Portulaca grandiflora Portulaca…

30th July

…‘Blue Wave’ The Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ are now a huge clump above the drive. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ The clump of Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ is not as large…