31st May

…Rhododendron excellens First flower on Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ Crataegus aprica covered in flower. Pink in bud opening white. Crataegus aprica Crataegus aprica Tilia oliveri with gorgeous yellowish…

5th June

…produce berries here last year. Cotoneaster glomerulatus Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ with plenty of bud to come. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ Magnolia globosa just opening. Magnolia globosa 2022 – CHWAzalea ‘Jane Fire’…

4th June

…sun. Photima villosa is a dull and common plant but this is much better with trailing branches of flowers. Photima villosa var koreana Photima villosa var koreana Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’…

22nd May

…flowering away for some years. Schefflera macrophylla Schefflera macrophylla I have missed the first flower on Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’. Plenty of buds to come. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ What I have…

21st May

‘Porcelain Dove’ was just out. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ One of the Magnolia dealbata by Georges Hut had two flowers out high up. Magnolia dealbata Jaimie and the team have just…

18th June

…kousa ‘Satomi’ Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ Liquidambar acalycina with its reddish brown new growth. Liquidambar acalycina A perfect flower on Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ First flowers very early on…

18th May

…‘Genesis’ x Magnolia virginiana nearly out. An odd cross but improving. A bit like Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ which grows nearby and is just showing colour. Magnolia globosa nowhere near out…

7th June

…ok with a hint of lemon! Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ More magnolias to photograph soon – Magnolia grandiflora, Magnolia x wiesneri, Magnolia globosa and Magnolia ‘Porcelain

5th August

…is getting away well. Sorbus koehneana is a 6-8ft shrub. It has sat here for 20 to 25 years doing not much but the porcelain white fruits are excellent today….

19th July

…mix grown supposedly for the turtle dove and paying £550 per hectare in grant. Not growing well as you can see! No sign of any turtle doves but pigeons aplenty….