…This has made more room for a yellow variegated Osmanthus and Kalmias nearby. Podocarpus nubigenus ‘Pendula’ Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ (true even if I never met Rebecca!) with one flower nearly…

…RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year arrive at Burncoose. Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume Pink’. Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume Pink’ Indigofera himalayensis ‘Silk Road’ flowering for the first time in the nursery. Indigofera…

…height eventually. Cornus pumila Just one flower on Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume White’. The Chelsea Plants of the Year have just arrived but only one flower to be seen on the…

…flower buds showing up already on Magnolia “Rebecca’s Perfume”. Magnolia “Rebecca’s Perfume” Time for Asia to collect the relatively few seed pods this year on Magnolia sargentiana robusta and Magnolia…

…bark to be sent off to a perfume manufacturer. A slow tedious job but another use for a magnolia! Magnolia grandiflora bark Magnolia grandiflora bark Magnolia grandiflora bark Magnolia grandiflora…

…x ‘Lanarth’ NZ 7. ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ x ‘Betty Jessel’ 8. ‘Philip Tregunna’ x ‘Felix Jury’ 9. ‘Philip Tregunna’ x ‘Darjeeling’ 10. ‘Angelica’ x i ‘Darjeeling 11. ‘Angelica’ x ‘Betty Jessel’…