12th January

…Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ has only a few buds this year. Frosted in flower last season. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Magnolia ‘Susanna van Veen’ is shedding its outer bud coverings. Magnolia ‘Susanna…

10th January

…the evergreen azaleas in Kennel Close. The bite marks are fresh and obvious. azaleas Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ loaded with buds. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Rhododendron arboreum ssp. cinnamomeum now out further….

19th February

…improve the late season show for visitors. Kennel Close Prunus serrula’s bark just gets better and better. Prunus serrula Prunus serrula Sadly the buds on Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ have been…

23rd July

…untouched. Dead elm These are not sloes growing on blackthorn but, rather, smallish plums or bullens on a small naturalised hedgerow plum tree. plum tree A small growing and late…

26th March

…‘Gold Finch’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’. Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ – the two plants we have now are different in colour (but not shape). Not an unusual situation with…

12th October

…justified in terms of risk. Tree surgery Tree surgery Tree surgery A single pale secondary flower on Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Schima khasiana with many less flowers than…

6th October

…date plum, which is the common name for Cephalotaxus, but when you strip out the seed itself it certainly does look like a ‘date plum’. Cephalotaxus fortunei Cephalotaxus fortunei As…

8th March

…Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ (?) is a totally different colour to our other New Zealand plant which was a specific gift from Vance Hooper…

7th March

…next guess is M. ‘Plum Pudding’ or M. ‘Cleopatra’. It is not far off our ‘Plum Pudding’ but our plant does not have an erect upright habit. M. ‘Cleopatra’ (M….

6th March

‘Plum Pudding’ now fully out. A small round headed shrub and not a big tree. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ A white flowered Bergenia ‘Bressingham White’ by the front door peeping out….