…coming out low down. Camellia x williamsii ‘Galaxie’ The true Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ full of bud on the bank outside the Georgian Hall. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ One of 4 plants of Rhododendron…

…the Georgian Hall whose buds still look tight which was planted in the mid-1950s and has only flowered three or four times. Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ After Helen Chen’s…

…frost where sheltered from the wind. Echium pininana Unexpectedly and contrary to what I had seen in the autumn the Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ by the Georgian Hall has no buds at…

…now full out by the Georgian Hall. This has happened in the last few dry days. Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ 2019 – CHW First…

…there is still little sign of autumn colouring. Very odd! Hydrangea quercifolia 2016 – CHW The tiny Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ planted in 1955 opposite the Georgian Hall is, for the first…

…museums, bowling alleys, amusement arcades, funfairs, theme parks, adventure parks and activities and bingo halls. Cinemas, theatres and concert halls can stay open beyond 11pm in order to conclude performances…

…hall, several good hybrids open. 1927 – JCW E darlyense starts, some Lapagerias, Blood red hybrids have been out for a month, no daffs. Mucronulatum, H mollis and Camellia sasanquas…

…tiny (still) 1955 planted Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ opposite the Georgian Hall. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ A young Magnolia ‘FJ Williams’ flowers for the first time above Crinodendron Hedge. Sadly the flowers…

…true Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ has 11 flowers on it this year on the bank opposite the Georgian Hall. Only the third time it has flowered since planting in 1955 but the…

…CHW The first flower on Camellia williamsii ‘St Ewe’ outside the Georgian Hall. Camellia williamsii ‘St Ewe’ Lapageria ‘Picotee’ has two flowers still out although I photographed this weeks ago….

…and die. Views of the garden. Second stop was Batsford Arboretum for a tour with Head Gardener, Matthew Hall. A joy to have Matthew show us a whole raft of…

…showing colour for some days. Two of the Maddeni hybrids on the hall mantlepiece have remained good there for 12 days, buds opening really well. Picked I stylosa. 1919 –…

…in the hall! Holboellia latifolia ssp. chartacea grows from a single stem up into the top of the adjacent Camellia x williamsii ‘Delia Williams’. Easily the best flower I have…

…earnest. Come soon now or you may well miss the best of them.The Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ outside the Georgian Hall has more flowers than usual but they have been blown open…

…???, a few Jonquil ???, many P M de G, also out Siren, Torch, Incognita, Homespun, 336, M P, Cardinal, Moonbeam etc etc, go to the Drill Hall. 1902 –…

…completely leafed up. Acer morifolium Acer morifolium Another Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’ is full out in the wind. Another Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’ Another Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’ Buddleia salvifolia just coming out….

…of rain after a long spell of dry northerly wind. 1906 – JCW Came back from Horticultural Hall and Dinton, most of our daffs have passed over. Reticulata good now,…

…have thought. Too tired to bore you any more with this euro trash nonsense and bureaucratic fascism perpetrated by incompetents.2015 – CHW Banbury Town Hall for ‘The Pride of Hooky’…

…to its name with no new growth visible yet. Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Sunny Foster’ Acer campestre ‘Red Shire’ early into leaf. Acer campestre ‘Red Shire’ Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’ and Prunus…

…Hall are the best things that I have seen yet. I saw a very splendid Lulworth seedling at A. Tulips all open here. Auklandii shows colour. 1899 – JCW Altaclarence…