…Some frost and very dry as last year. Daffodils short but more than half out. Magnolia campbellii and some mollicomata almost good. Sargentiana robusta one at its best, Kobus in…

…weighed down with flowers. Large lot of Rho Royal flush in 40 Acres. Blood red at its best. Auklandii arboreum beginning. Still some fuschias. Very dry. 1931 – JCW Kobus…

…left on the tree – unusual. Styrax japonica ‘Jippei Kawamurai’ This Eucalyptus has blown over again. Eucalyptus Cotoneaster glomerulatus still laden with berries. Cotoneaster glomerulatus Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ laden…

…fine. The plant we saw a few days ago was pure white and less vigorous. Magnolia cylindrica Magnolia cylindrica Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’ showing colour and early leaves. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’…

…tegmentosum ‘Valley Phantom’ Odd shaped seed pods on Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ – only a few. Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ A rather larger effort on Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’. Magnolia ‘Atlas’…

…variety from France. Camellia ‘Ivory Chalice’ Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ is just out too. Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ Camellia ‘Dream Boat’ is another new (to us) French import. Camellia ‘Dream Boat’ Camellia…

…Japanese magnolia. So far it does not look to be going to grow too big. A ‘must’ for a smaller garden. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubushi-modoki’ Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubushi-modoki’ Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubushi-modoki’…

…Manglietias felt the cold very much indeed. Michelias hardly at all. 1925 – JCW Very much as in 1922. The Kobus is again the first Magnolia. Absence of wind and…

…absence another dead tree has had to be felled in the Rookery to avoid it falling on our record Magnolia kobus var borealis. dead tree has had to be felled…

…grandis The end of an elderly Magnolia salicifolia or kobus which was nearly dead anyway. Magnolia salicifolia Just to prove that the largest Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’ has no…

…bad. Aggravating as Magnolias were to have bloomed well. 1933 – JCW I saw the first Kobus bloom showing colour today, the only one.1931 – JCW One of the worst…

…very good. Barbatums are good. Magnolia denudata and a big Mag kobus show colour. 1926 – JCW Could find bits of 40 Rhodo species, Corylopsis veitchiana at its best, others…

…again. No progress in the garden.1961 – FJW Flowers on Mag campbellii and kobus – Magnolias held back. Picked flower on Macabeanum seedling. First time this species has flowered here….

…Just as in 1927 say 25 species of Rhodo’s including Mackenzianum and 25 hybrids. No Magnolia as in 1913 but Gordonias, some flowers of the early Kobus ½ open.1927 –…

…kobus and Magnolia denudata. 1911 – JCW Wilsons conifers etc soon here, and last week at Werrington. 1908 – JCW The 1899 things are not open, some nice Arboreums are…

…the 1950’s Magnolia soulangeana planted in the 1950’s A magnolia with two additional topgrafts so 3 different sets of flowers. M. ‘Galaxy’ with (perhaps) M. ‘Pegasus’ and M. kobus. magnolia…

…4 year old Japanese ones are flowering. Magnolia kobus is very good. Several hybrids are well open i.e nigra, Brozzoni, alba, superba and speciosa etc. Falconeri is just opening. Auklandii…

…an azalea. bindweed seed A clutch of new bought in magnolias from Magnoliastore. This is the list with several nice new things:Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiju’Magnolia Kobus ‘Isis’ ® (Maráczi) Magnolia Chameleon…

…not a very accurate plan. Do we dig them out or not? Over the top of them are two Magnolia kobus var borealis which are record trees. One has a…

…on Magnolia rostrata for first time since 1955. 1930 – JCW Auklandii just opening, Souliei x hardly moving, Incisa and Subhirtella lot are over. Mag halleana at its best. Kobus…