16th April

…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 by the February cold….

23rd April

…end of Penvergate. yellow magnolias The record sized Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ just coming with the leaves. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia [?] Magnolia [?] Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia…

24th April

…or ‘Mister Yellowjacket’? I need to go and look at some other possibilities. [I found the answer: it is ‘Sundance’!] yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia A big…

15th April

…rather than being swamped by them. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Rhododendron desquamatum is its usual bold colour in the evening sun. Rhododendron desquamatum Rhododendron desquamatum…

31st March

…this. I 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…

18th April

…garden next spring. Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Likewise some young Rhododendron burmanicum. Rhododendron burmanicum Rhododendron burmanicum I peeled the bark off an elderly Betula albosinensis…

29th May

…a rather delicate forerunner to ‘Daviesii’ perhaps but no scent today. delicate white-blotched yellow deciduous azalea delicate white-blotched yellow deciduous azalea Rosa roxburgii has its first flowers after its recent…

7th January

…smell. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ First flower on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ but not yet on the one on the castle wall. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Magnolia lacei (Michelia pachycarpa) is…

18th May

…at 10-12ft. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Enkianthus cernuus recurvus with its flowers as the name implies. Enkianthus cernuus recurvus Rhododendron ‘Goldsworth’s Yellow’ (or similar). Rhododendron ‘Goldsworth’s Yellow’ Rhododendron griffithianum full out…

23rd May

…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 years and not the…