30th May

…flower. Orange velvet on the new growth. Magnolia figo var crassipes x (M. foveolata x M. laevifolia) Magnolia figo var crassipes x (M. foveolata x M. laevifolia) Magnolia opipara (also…

6th January

…Michelia doltsopa still covered in velvet indumentum. Two years ago they were blown open in January on this elderly tree. Some way to go yet it would seem – hopefully….

29th January

…unvariegated in its leaves. B. ‘Buzz Velvet’ and B. ‘Sugar Plum’ are better than B. ‘Royal Red’. A fair bit of naughtiness and cheating in the naming of new varieties…