17th April

…out on Magnolia ‘Gold Star’. Only really yellow as the flower opens. Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ just showing colour. Wonderful bud coverings! Michelia…

22nd April

…As attractive now as is its striking autumn colour. Larix kaempferi Larix kaempferi Berberis x ottawensis ‘Superba’ in full flower and 8ft tall with a similar spread. Berberis x ottawensis…

7th April

…tried by any other magnolia breeder. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’ now…

31st March

…‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Serene’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Titan’ nearly out – early for a x brooklynensis variety. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Titan’ Magnolia ‘Tititare’ (x ‘M. ‘Vulcan’ x M. ‘Apollo’)….

21st June

…wilsonii Styrax wilsonii Styrax wilsonii Styrax americanus (Kankakee Form) is not quite out yet. Styrax americanus 2019 – CHW The casualties from the April/May dry weather in the Isla Rose…

6th May

…‘Moonspire’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Moonspire’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Moonspire’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Moonspire’ This is the Podocarpus parlatorei which we were given by Tom Hudson and took to the Hampton…

19th May

…Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ Magnolia ‘Ossies Yellow’ is now full out and as…

12th May

…three lobes to the young leaves. Acer sterculiaceum subsp. sterculiaceum Acer macrophyllum Acer macrophyllum x Sorbonaria fallax ‘Likjornaja’ – finally out in flower and developing into a small tree. x…

10th September

…sieboldii Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ is perhaps a week or 10 days later into full flower than the Caerhays trees. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Good reshooting…

12th July

…Ilex verticellata Ilex verticellata Ilex verticellata self sown Arbutus unedo All over the place were self sown Arbutus unedo which thrive in these hot, dry coastal conditions There was even…