…of our 5 young plants. Rhododendron giganteum Rhododendron giganteum Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer ‘Solstice’ has flowers which open out flat. This puts it a cut above other named forms. Magnolia laevifolia…

…young plant of Dad’s Rhododendron ‘Treberrick’. Rhododendron ‘Treberrick’ A young replacement Acer caudatifolium (A. kawakamii) for the mature trees which have died recently in the Aucklandii Garden and on the…

…a young Magnolia macrophylla subsp. ashei near Tin Garden. Some slug damage. Magnolia macrophylla subsp. ashei Viburnum wrightii just coming. Viburnum wrightii A young Illicium merrillianum (KWJ 12113) with a…

…out next year. Rhododendron ‘Crest’ Seed grown (by us) Staphylea colchica – 2 young plants in the Rookery. Staphylea colchica Gamblea psedudoevodifolia making headway at last. Gamblea psedudoevodifolia Attractive new…

…Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ Vivid red new growth on Machilus yunnanensis. Machilus yunnanensis Distylium racemosum A young Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae (BKR 2013001 – Raf Lenaerts gift – February 2020) with…

…‘Kalleberg’ Another young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ with just one decent flower in the sun. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ At last a decent young Rhododendron moorii unlike the battered one a few…

…year. All the young magnolias are well budded. Garden planting A young clump of Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ full of flower. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Cornus oblonga (a gift from Fromefield) living…

…which meant visits to Old Park and Forty Acres which enabled us to see the young and older magnolias which were out there. We do not have any of the…

…the shape and habit. Perhaps behind the top wall? We have young plants in the ground now anyway and I am by no means certain that the young plants below…

…that we planted a young plant of C. glabratus in the new Beatrice Fleur plantation below White Stiles in late October but it is currently leafless as a young plant….

…‘Pink Flush’ Pinus ponderosa completely ringbarked by a roe deer. The wire netting surround was not tall enough. I hope we have not recently removed too many wires on young…

…Burncoose of similar size survived. Nearly all the plants in the clump here also now died of old age. young plants young plants Restarting tiny young plants in a woodland…

…flower on Syringa reticulata. Four months later than its first and normal flowering. Syringa reticulata Young rhododendrons from the greenhouse now out in Higher Quarry Nursery beds. Young rhododendrons Hydrangea…

…a young tree. Nothing exceptionally different but a good enough form. Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’ A young Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ – quite superb but the wind is ruining it. Magnolia…

…specie rhodo seedlings. young rhododendrons ready to be planted out young rhododendrons ready to be planted out Ziziphus sativa has never really recovered from my brother lighting a fire too…

…young Saler bulls. Young Saler bull Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ full out and excellent today. Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ 2019 – CHW Old Park was well…

…young age. A hardy species apparently. Eucalyptus gregsoniana Eucalyptus gregsoniana Eucalyptus gregsoniana Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ has been staked upright for the fourth time in 6 months. Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s…

…This large growing species is from [?]. (Again the reference book does not mention this species). Crataegus grandiflora Crataegus grandiflora A young Acer sterculiaceum subsp. franchettii with leaf colouring as…

…forgotten Acer carpinifolium (the hornbeam maple) just leafing up and flowering the by the Red Linney. There is a younger upright growing plant above the greenhouses but I have never…

…(so far) surviving. Two young rhododendrons Two young rhododendrons Another much older drought casualty – sudden and terminal leaf droop. much older drought casualty Suddenly Rhododendron nobleanum has decided to…