22nd February

…along into its first flowering (M. sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ x M. campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’). M. sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ x M. campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’ M….

7th March

…opening white. Planted three or four years ago. Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ was scorched to brown in the…

21st April

…year. Rhodoleia aff. parvipetala First flowers out on Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’. Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Rhododendron haemaleum var. atrorubum (perhaps?) Rhododendron haemaleum var. atrorubum Magnolia floribunda still has plenty…

19th September

…is similar with a spreading branched habit. Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. zollingeri has much redder…

10th March

…sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) The Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling in the Aucklandii Garden has not been destroyed yet by…

4th March

…coxii. Tom Hudson inspects Juniperus recurva var. coxii Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta in the Ririei Opening. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Roy Lancaster beside the Michelia tree he fell out in…

30th March

…this year for the second time. Michelia cavalerei var. platypetala Michelia cavalerei var. platypetala Michelia floribunda var. tonkinensis (WWJ 11982) with a few flowers high up. Not as many flowers…

30th April

…bred. Not a huge flower and a variety of yellow hues as the flower develops. Magnolia acuminata var subcordata Magnolia acuminata var subcordata Magnolia acuminata var subcordata The first time…

29th March

…male flowers. A tremendous show today. Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Magnolia ‘Dark Shadow’ is damaged but rather uninteresting in what I think…

3rd June

…a columnar windbreak. Ilex yunnanensis Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei nicely out with its odd tri-lobed leaves. Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei The blown over and cut back…