…‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ still looking splendid after a good month. Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ Magnolia ‘Mossman’s Giant’ – a seedling from…

…Nothofagus obliqua on the drive. Very variable on both sides of the tree and at height. Nothofagus obliqua Nothofagus obliqua x Sycoparrotia semidecidua just coming into flower above White Styles….

…Toots Williams is identified as Camellia nokoensis. Camellia nokoensis Camellia nokoensis Camellia nokoensis Flower buds close to breaking on Carpinus japonica. Carpinus japonica Colour showing on Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x…

…Prunus yedoensis Prunus yedoensis Prunus yedoensis Camellia ‘Kona’ – a perfect white Camellia ‘Kona’ Camellia ‘Kimberley’ – a stunning colour Camellia ‘Kimberley’ Rhododendron kesongiae Rhododendron kesongiae Rhododendron lonigerum Rhododendron lonigerum…

…Congreve 12 years ago the rhodo and camellia plantings were so thick that it was obvious Michael White, the head gardener, had a battle ahead. Four years after Ambrose Congreve’s…

…variolosus Quercus guyavifolia from Yunnan. Asia has some cuttings. Wonderful white indumentum under the leaves. Quercus guyavifolia Quercus guyavifolia Quercus guyavifolia Pterostyrax psilophyllus (lavellei) setting seed. Three lobes at the…

…fragrans var. aurantiacus – the yellow/orange form rather than the white flowering one. Growing here in the greenhouse and tenderish but a large shrub or small tree with sweet scent….

…with a flower Podocarpus matudae with huge podocarps Illicium mexicanum in full flower Rhododendron prostitum seedlings. Pink at first fading to near white. Rhododendron rireii – the best form I…

…but it contained many new and unusual species (six pictured here). Alseuosmia macrophylla – reddish fuchsia-like flowers. Alseuosmia macrophylla Alseuosmia macrophylla Leucopogon fasciculatus – tiny white flowers in profusion. Leucopogon…

…– the fifth in a row. Pigeons cooing all round and thinking spring has come and time to mate. I fear they may yet be in for a nasty shock.Seed…

…buds but, as yet, no white flowers. A substantial wall shrub which survived the builders and scaffolding over it last summer. 10-12ft in height with a similar spread. Jasminum nudiflorum…

…CHW Polyspora longicarpa (WWJ 11604) is now full out and looking very fine for the time of the year. Polyspora longicarpa Myrtus communis seedlings have germinated in a stack of…

…one but I think it is grey spotted amanita – Amanita excelsa var. spissa – if only because of the white frills which you can just see on its stem…

…nuttallii ‘Pink Blush’ Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ not looking bad either. Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ Enkianthus serrulatus takes some beating. Enkianthus serrulatus Another group of Enkianthus serrulatus below Slip Ral with totally…

…one I have seen fruiting properly before. Cotoneaster ganghobaensis Cotoneaster ganghobaensis Cotoneaster sylvestrii is making good headway but not that many fruits as yet. Fryer and Hylmo’s book on Cotoneasters…

…autumn colours which I had not picked up on before. Akebia trifoliata Abutilon ‘Nabob’ still has some flowers. Abutilon ‘Nabob’ Abutilon ‘John Thompson’ looking good as well with loads of…

…through the best places for them.Nothaphoebe cavaleriei – greenish white undersides to the leaves. SW China – laurel family. Nothaphoebe cavaleriei Calocedrus formosana – rather more tender than Calocedrus decurrens….

…Karol and Asia picking out the next piles of plants for planting out this spring in various different locations. Karol and Asia Some of the outside beds are now looking…

…above Higher Quarry Nursery and Crinodendron Hedge. Restaking is needed. Wind blown over evergreens More pictures of Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Fire’. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Fire’ Magnolia sprengeri var….

…been a cock up in propagation here. Probably my fault guessing plant names at cutting taking time! Rhododendron flavidum 2022 – CHW Everything is rushing out but the air temperature…