10th October

…may be another name for Ilex mitis from sub-Saharan Africa where it is a large tree growing on Table Mountain and Mount Kilimanjaro above 2,500 meters. I remain doubtful. Ilex…

4th June

…good form. Picea breweriana Picea breweriana Rhododendron ‘Rubicon’ nearly over. James Williams gave us a plant rooted by their head gardener. A cross between Rhododendron ‘Kilimanjaro Group’ and Rhododendron ‘Noyo…

9th March

…which we used to call M. ‘Sunrise’. Magnolia cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Eternal Spring’ nicely out in a tunnel. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Eternal Spring’ Skimmia japonica ‘Pygmy’. I have never…

7th April

…9 – Rhododendron sinogrande Class 13 – Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Trelissick’ Class 16 – Magnolia denudata ‘Sunrise’ Class 15 – Magnolia acuminata ‘Butterflies’ Class 24 – Rhododendron siderophyllum Class 32…

28th August

…magnolia before. Very unusual and very spectacular. [It is Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ planted in 2007 which is now renamed as Magnolia cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’.] magnolia above Burns Bank magnolia above Burns…