…spring. Here a Prince Albert’s Yew (Saxegothaea conspicua) to give shelter one day from the east. Prince Albert’s Yew The reinforcements to the windbreak above the path are now in…

…to propagate. Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ just showing now all of a sudden. Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Crimson Prince’ in full leaf. After uplifting…

…Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ nearing their last ‘hurrah’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ First flowering here of Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ which I first saw in the Valley Gardens at Windsor…

…Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ – what a colour! Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ 2017 –…

…on C. fraterna. Some flowers are more double than others. Camellia ‘Tiny Princess’ Camellia ‘Tiny Princess’ So what conclusions and excitements can we glean from the magnolia season so far?…

…Chelsea 2016 Chelsea 2016 2015 – CHW Protea ‘Little Prince’ We have taken more orders already than in the whole of the last two Chelseas. It is not like it…

…hunts.Viburnum calvum with huge leaves and reddish petioles and new growth. Viburnum calvum Myrsine divaricata – another genus of little merit except to the collector. Goes in with Schimus and…

…at all convinced. The purple colouring on the new growth looks, perhaps, more like Ilex x meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ or ‘Blue Princess’? holly holly A 50 year old Lithocarpus pachyphyllus…

…Last year I was rather impressed with this chance seedling found growing under Ilex x meserveae ‘Blue Prince’. It is clearly predominantly C. saluenensis but with some addition – perhaps…

…from under the Ilex x meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ which now looks rather scruffy. removed the ivy Camellia ‘Dewatairin’ (‘Hatsu Zakura’ as we have always called it) is very early for…