28th April

…Michelias Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia Michelia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ Magnolia…

4th March

…‘Fairy Cream’ nicely out in Old Park. Impressively quick growth into a sizeable small tree. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Tree surgeons felling some elderly sweet chestnuts in Old…

28th March

…today but will quickly fade to cream. Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ The two mature pink forms of Magnolia x veitchii are gorgeous against a blue sky. Magnolia x veitchii Magnolia…

29th July

…‘Tuxedo’ looked interesting and new but no flowers now. Ceanothus ‘Tuxedo’ A wall of nasturtiums was superb. nasturtiums Penstemon ‘Strawberries and Cream’ – better than some varieties on our website….

15th February

…White’. Plenty of bud to come on such an immature plant. Excellent value as a nursery purchase. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ nearby is still in tight bud with…

14th August

…‘Koban Dori’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Gold Finch’. Magnolia acuminata ‘Gold Finch’ Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’. Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’, Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Velvet and Cream’ with extraordinary and colourful seed pods. Magnolia…

13th August

…for the Alzheimer’s charity. Leslie lost his wife, Myra, to this vile disease around Christmas. The garden as pristine and well managed as always.Eucomis bicolor and Phormium ‘Cream Delight’. Eucomis…

27th June

…Just time for a few more new plant pictures for 2017:Leucanthemum ‘Goldfinch’ Leucanthemum ‘Goldfinch’ Leucanthemum ‘Banana Cream’ – the name seems to apply more to the buds than the fully…

12th February

…Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ (Pink) First flowers just out on Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ in Old Park. Absurdly early. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Jaimie has a cunning new plan to fell this massive…

15th October

…pods I have ever seen setting on Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Roe deer (antler) damage to the stem of a rhododendron. Infuriating! Roe deer (antler) damage Good late…