5th September

…Escallonia bifida Escallonia bifida Escallonia bifida 2020 – CHW Secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Susan’. Magnolia ‘Susan’ Magnolia ‘Susan’ Ditto on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Odd secondary flowers on…

6th October

…flowering as usual on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Hoheria populnea flowering well but very high up on the tree. Hoheria populnea We are back to the two clumps…

29th May

…these are too high up to see properly. Cordyline australis Cordyline australis Cordyline australis Philadelphus sericanthus. Philadelphus sericanthus Tail end flowers on Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s…

3rd December

…pink been out for 3 weeks, also Engine House double white. Lapagerias good, some fuchsias still nice. Rho lutescens a lot out and very many other odd bits. Yellow Hammer

12th December

…of flower still on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ on Rookery Park. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ First few flowers high up on Camellia x williamsii ‘Anticipation’. Much earlier than usual despite the cold….

24th April

…and look at some other possibilities. [I found the answer: it is ‘Sundance’!] yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia A big bonfire of an old dead yew and…

31st March

…looked last week and nothing but Jaimie has snapped it today (M. ‘Yellow Bird’ x M. ‘Caerhays Belle’). You do not really see the yellow in the opening flowers in…

23rd April

…record sized Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ just coming with the leaves. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia [?] Magnolia [?] Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ nearly over. Magnolia ‘Yellow

28th October

yellow hybrid good by Donkey Shoe. Rho Yellow Hammer nice. Hardly a sign of Decorum or its hybrids. Mag officinalis fell down on 26th behind big Fastuosum Bamboo 51 ½…

27th May

…‘Fabia’ has a low spreading habit and is just as good as ‘Winsome’. Rhododendron ‘Fabia’ Rhododendron ‘Fabia’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’ is orange-red in bud opening yellow. The plants are absolutely…

17th April

…clump of narcissus on Hovel Cart Road. Perhaps Narcissus x intermedius? narcissus Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ and Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ – blue and yellow work well together here. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’…

16th April

…russatum in the Rockery. Rhododendron russatum Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ by the playhouse from a distance. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Syringa pinnatifolia just opening. Syringa pinnatifolia Hydrangea lobbii has indeed been killed…

20th November

Yellow’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’ As is often the case a few secondary or premature flowers on Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’. This one is by the Auklandii Garden but it…

30th March

…‘Paul Cook’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ 2024 – CHW Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ just opening and Acacia cultriformis just going over. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ just opening and Acacia cultriformis…

3rd November

…and all lots of Rho Yellow Hammer out. Viburnum fragrans at its best. Several (2 day at least) Glorious in Kitchen Garden out. Boiled 1945. Quite a lot out in…

13th October

…The berries are yellow (and stay yellow) unlike the similar Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ whose berries are eventually pink tinted. Not so you would notice much though. Cotoneaster ‘Rothschildianus’ The best set…

23rd May

…speech has to contain a joke about the yellow leaves not being yellow as well as an appeal to traditionalists. This is a plant grown by an amateur over 20…

28th April

…January) Camellia ‘Mary Jobson’ (first out January) An incredibly long flowering season for any plant! 2018 – CHW Off to Penvergate to view the best yellow magnolias. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’…

29th September

…still has nice secondary flowers on show in Penvergate. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Now secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ as well although these are dull by comparison. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’…

29th July

…leaves and apricot-yellow flowers. Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ Crocosmia ‘Pauls Best Yellow’ An amazingly large specimen shrub of Bowkeria verticellata, the Natal shellflower bush, laden down…