…in Rockery is now full out. Melliodendron xylocarpum Melliodendron xylocarpum Magnolia ‘J.C. Williams’ and Magnolia ‘Kew Surprise’ on a very wet afternoon. Magnolia ‘J.C. Williams’ and Magnolia ‘Kew Surprise’ Magnolia…

…gardening weekend. Magnolia ‘Kew Surprise’ just out in the Auklandii Garden. Magnolia ‘Kew Surprise’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Merrill’ and Camellia japonica. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Merrill’ and Camellia japonica Magnolia ‘Philip…

…orientalis. Picea orientalis Cephalotaxus fortunei. Cephalotaxus fortunei Picea likiangensis. Picea likiangensis Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’ just out. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ on The Vean drive. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Jamie…

…meet its, self-imposed, target of testing 100,000 people a day by the end of April. Surprise, surprise! Perhaps the public health service is not quite so wonderful after all? It…

…Rolls Royce was inherited from P.M. Williams of Burncoose. Sold on many years later we have still retained the number plate. Looks like a good party which is no surprise…

…(fine) day of new crossing. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Caerhays Surprise’ as it was named when it came here. Planted in 2019 but, as far as I can ascertain,…

…long. Rhododendron moulmainense Rhododendron moulmainense Rhododendron moulmainense Magnolia ‘Philip’s Surprise’ just coming out at the very top of the garden. A huge tree now. Magnolia ‘Philip’s Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Philip’s Surprise’…

…odd cross is growing away well. I don’t see much M. siedoldii here? Magnolia sieboldii x (Manglietia) yunnanensis Magnolia sieboldii x (Manglietia) yunnanensis Much to my surprise there is some…

…‘Kew’s Surprise’ to gather in a month. Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Lomatia fraseri in flower in the frames. Lomatia fraseri Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217) with a flower cluster. We lost this…

…surprise. There are three Magnolia x loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ near the garden entrance and one suddenly has secondary pure white flowers. These are not even faintly pink as they are…

…2. ‘Felix Jury’ x ‘Betty Jessel’ 3. ‘Purple Sensation’ x ‘Felix Jury ‘ 4. ‘Sir Harold Hiller’ x ‘Lanarth Surprise ‘ 5. ‘Betty Jessel’x ‘Feix Jury’ 6. ‘Betty Jessel ‘…

…year which is no great surprise after the drought. Can we expect a late autumn flush of new buds? Not by the looks of it. Magnolia delavayi Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’…

…Cercis siliquastrum. Cercis siliquastrum Autumn colours on Aesculus chinensis which have yet to blow away. Aesculus chinensis A real surprise! A flower out already on Camellia ‘Takanini’. Always early into…

…Magnolia ‘Lanarth Surprise’ sadly just over and on an overcast day. Magnolia ‘Lanarth Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ just out and particularly fine. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ (again) as…

…off the wall 2022 – CHW A pleasant surprise today. First flowering here of another very different but very splendid Polyspora collection from Crug Farm. This is Polyspora speciosa (KWJ…

…(looks like honey fungus) at the base of our oldest Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’. Strangely this happened once before 25 or so years ago and the tree died to ground level…

…since 2006. Well done Rob Toy! M. ‘Lanarth’ NZ Form Selection of individual blooms MAGNOLIA ‘Darjeeling’ MAGNOLIA ‘Shirazz’ MAGNOLIA ‘Caerhays Surprise’ MAGNOLIA ‘Caerhays Surprise’ MAGNOLIA ‘Ruth’, ‘Philip Tregunna’ & ‘Lanarth’…

…all over the garden.Prunus ‘Umineko’ is just out (Prunus incisa x Prunus speciosa) and very fine. Hellish name though! Prunus ‘Umineko’ Prunus ‘Umineko’ Prunus ‘Umineko’ Then a huge surprise! Cephalotaxus…

…Garden. Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ in bud. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ The view down over the Auklandii Garden today. On the right is Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’. The ones…

…maddenia The ancient Stewartia pseudocamellia has a new shoot from the base of the old tree with much larger flowers than higher up. Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’…