…the New Year before. Cornus capitata The first bud is showing colour too on Magnolia zenii right at the top. No other buds yet look quite ready to open. Magnolia…

…Magnolia zenii as still dormant. Suddenly it has sprung out. Magnolia zenii The east wind on Thursday/Friday has also suddenly brought the yellow form of Magnolia campbellii into flower. The…

…new growth on Magnolia zenii. Magnolia zenii Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ now properly out in flower and covered. Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ 2020 – CHW While looking at an area to clear…

…of the Camellia taliensis. I have missed these flower earlier this week. Camellia taliensis Next February’s flower buds on Magnolia zenii swelling up already. Magnolia zenii 2021 – CHW I…

…with full colour. Other buds are still tiny. So Todd’s Fortyniner wins the magnolia season race again and even before New Year! Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ Magnolia zenii…

…but this stuff is tedious and time consuming.Magnolia zenii is full out at last. Relatively undamaged by frost. Magnolia zenii Oemleria cerasiformis now full out and nearly in leaf. Oemleria…

…is perhaps not that unusual but they do seem to be fresh spring buds. Perhaps the first magnolia of the season? However when I check ‘Todds Fortyniner’ and Magnolia zenii…

…Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Cloud’ is another misnamed one really (like Magnolia zenii ‘Pink Parchment’). Just a hint of pink in the bud before it opens a conventional…

…its wonderful yellow stems. The fallen leaves are from the nearby Magnolia zenii as the acer shed weeks ago. Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ 2020 – CHW I had not noticed the…

…just starting. Magnolia zenii ‘Pink Parchment’ showing the pink in the buds. Magnolia ‘David Clulow’ perfect against a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ full out and an absolute picture. Magnolia…