…few flowers. First Nerine bowdenii nearly out. Nerine bowdenii A fine clump of Sedum spectabile just going over. Sedum spectabile 2021 – CHW Cornus alba ‘Siberian Pearls’ developing its clusters…

…Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ One of the original Magnolia campbellii alba now full out. Magnolia campbellii alba Camellia ‘Dream Boat’ Camellia ‘Dream Boat’ Camellia ‘Dream Boat’…

…drive. Magnolia campbellii ‘Raffillii Group’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Raffillii Group’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (seedling) and Magnolia campbellii Alba Group (seedling). Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (seedling) and Magnolia campbellii Alba Group (seedling) The rather inferior…

…Alba’ just coming out again. Loads of buds and only the odd flower frosted earlier. Camellia ‘Grandiflora Alba’ Camellia ‘Grandiflora Alba’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ still with a good new show…

…drooping branches. Camellia sasanqua ‘Alba’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Alba’ The first pink sasanqua to come out looks really good alongside the white. The first pink sasanqua Further along the wall is…

…Which magnolia has the biggest flower? The contenders today are: Magnolia ‘Atlas’ from New Zealand Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Trelissick’ Magnolia campbellii alba seedling from main ride. Magnolia campbelli alba seedling…

…flush of flower again now. Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Two of the four new species of Hedychium planted on the top wall last autumn seem to be evergreen…

…seller for decades. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ The Magnolia campbellii Alba seedling on the drive is also at its best today. Magnolia campbellii Alba seedling Magnolia campbellii Alba…

…‘Isca’ by Georges Hut. Magnolia x veitchii ‘Isca’ Magnolia x veitchii ‘Isca’ A fine last flower on Magnolia ‘Albatross’. Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum now full out. Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum…

…Maddeni x Roylei. Mag speciosa and alba superba are very good. 1927 – JCW Mag parviflora is very very good the big one, Nicholsoniana with about 9 flowers is very…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW I noticed two Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ flowering in Truro. The secondary…

…M. ‘Philip Tregunna’ & M. ‘Lanarth’ (Seedling) – 1st One species, hybrid or cultivar one vase M. ‘Philip Tregunna’ – 1st M. campbellii ‘Alba’ (Seedling) – 2nd M. campbellii ‘Alba’…

…by Maurice Foster who sends me three pictures from his garden in Kent. Magnolia sargentiana robusta (Caerhays Dark Form), Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ and Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick Alba’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick…

…some the more conventional green with white edging. Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ The Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’…

…Camellia ‘Lady de Saumarez’ Camellia ‘Lady de Saumarez’ Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ – rather early Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ 2021 – CHW Sarcococca ruscifolia with berries…

…varieties which grew nearby have died of old age. Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ A flower and a bud or two on Hydrangea…

…too. Camellia ‘Look Away’ A few high up flowers on Magnolia campbellii Alba Group. This one of New Zealand origin. Magnolia campbellii Alba Group 2018 – CHW A day in…

…sprengeri ‘Diva’ x Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’. I did not care for its first flowerings but this is better. The flowers would open flat if the wind had let…

…and introduced the Spanish Erica canaliculata to Cornwall. Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ 1917 – JCW Some R decorum, Auriculatum going over, several kinds of mountain…

…Schima superba (see two days back) look much the same from a distance. Sadly no flower buds on our (supposed) Schima argentea this year. A few on (supposed) Schima wallichii…