27th April

…– M. ‘Apricot Brandy’ Any species/hybrid of acuminata 1 spray 1st – M. ‘Lemon Star’ 1st – M. ‘Lemon Star’ RHS Main Rhododendron competition 6 different species Rhododendron trusses 1st…

23rd August

…more tertiary flowers as the leaves drop. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Fruits forming and already ripening on Cornus alternifolia. Cornus alternifolia Clethra…

25th October

…styraciflua ‘Red Star’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Star’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Star’ 1998 – FJW Many flowers on Nov Pink. Very wet year – very wet week.1962 – FJW Rain came…

17th January

…bedraggled flower on the Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ on the wall beyond the front door. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ 2021 – CHW The elderly Camellia ‘Imbricata’ on the top wall just starting….

6th September

…first started flowering. Buddleia lindleyana Buddleia lindleyana Seed heads on Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ An unusual combination – Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ and Asimina triloba. No…

3rd September

Star’. Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ Last few (large) flowers on a young Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ 2021 – CHW Rubus ichangensis just coming into flower. The…

24th November

…pink on the reverse of some of the petals. Camellia sasanqua ‘Frosted Star’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Frosted Star’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Frosted Star’ Camellia ‘Betty Robinson’ reminds me of Camellia ‘Dainty’ or…

31st October

…and a UK Record Tree too. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Nicely contrasting autumn colours on Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Firmania…

26th March

…better even than this as a new introduction which has not flowered here yet. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ 2022 – CHW A visit to Tregrehan with the RHS…

7th April

…(‘Swedish Star’) is especially yellow this year and just out. A really good plant and perhaps better than M. ‘Daphne’ as it appears today. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’…