1st March

‘Sidbury’ but that is a personal choice. Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ Fallen flowers on the drive under a row of Camellia saluenensis at the top of the drive. Fallen flowers Two…

3rd April

…Magnolia officinalis biloba is still in bud but about to flower well. The buds have an almost black indumentum covering and stand proud to the upright stems. M. mollicomata ‘Sidbury’…

23rd February

…so years ago. bottom of Bond Street No magnolia colour yet in Old Park. Old Park Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ now full out in Penvergate two days on from when we…

13th March

…February created it. I have never seen the older campbelliis better (‘Darjeeling’, ‘Sidbury’, Alba Group). 2. Several New Zealand bred magnolias which normally come into their own later in the…

10th February

…Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Sidbury’ is out in Penvergate. Just half a dozen small flowers blown open in the east wind. Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ on the drive will not be…

18th February

…campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ is out early as usual on the drive. Better, I think, than Magnolia campbellii ‘Werrington’ or Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’…

30th July

…angustifolia Hoheria angustifolia 2022 – CHW Visited a garden near Sidbury today with a view to putting together a planting plan for a newly cleared woodland garden area. A superb…