…up from last year as the label was pinched shortly after I photographed it for the diary. It must have been a good thing! [Edit: It is Magnolia ‘Rose Marie…

…Magnolia ‘Chamaeleon’ not that impressive either. Magnolia ‘Chamaeleon’ Magnolia ‘Rose Marie’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ (Ledvina cross) is good and in a prime spot by Georges Hut. Magnolia ‘Rose Marie’…

…Simon Trudgeon from married. 1968 – FJW Cut 9 foot thistle on Sinogrande Walk. Garden still late – Drive azaleas good. 1966 – FJW A wet week has knocked off…

…themselves up. Here are some from Carolyn Townsend which were planted around six to eight years ago; and Simon Trudgeon sends a picture of his, possibly, ‘Mathotiana Rubra’ growing in…

…1955. Elizabeth Bolitho worked at Caerhays for Mary and met her future husband, Simon Bolitho, here in the early 1950s. A little bit of Williams-Bolitho family history. Magnolia ‘F J…

…excellent send off but didn’t hang about in the gale afterwards. No wake so Simon Trudgeon and I had our own! Sadly Margaret Retallack broke her hip over the weekend…

…the 1960’s. Roy Lancaster beside the Michelia tree The biggest Michelia doltsopa by Donkey Shoe. Michelia doltsopa Michael, Tom and Marie Louise Agius inspect our Aucuba omeiensis. Aucuba omeiensis Then…

…The trunk has peeled already but no flowers as yet. Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox Eucalyptus simonosii with plenty of buds and a wonderful trunk. 2014 planted also and flowering for…

…one would think of buying any plants. Suddenly Michael Balston and Marie-Louise Agius arrive in a panic because they are two tickets short for their esteemed guests. So the usual…

…year but this is the second flowering of Magnolia ‘Rose Marie’ x ‘Black Tulip’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ After all last week’s excitement over the Cephalotaxus fortunei I thought I would…