…japonica Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid which showed great promise last year with six buds has many more for this spring which you can now see after the last leaves have…

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…‘Golden Promise’ – thank you Wolfgang Keidel for pointing this out!] and Cupressus macrocarpa Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkan’ and Cupressus macrocarpa 2018 – CHW The only thing to cheer one up…

…C paniculata very fine. Many, probably all the big Chinese have set for flowers, and many of them for the first time. Camellia sasanqua in flower and full of promise….

…‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ – first flower which shows promise. This is now called ‘Olav Kalleberg’ I understand. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia liliiflora ‘Holland…

…very nice. Clematis paniculata very good. Lapagerias moderate. Cassias good. Solanum fair. No sweet peas. 1905 – JCW Came from Scotland. Clematis paniculata good and full of promise. Cyclamen, roses,…

…other than camellias and the odd rhododendron (Rhododendron keysii or Rhododendron lutescens perhaps) could begin to match this. 1981 – FJW New Crassum x John hybrid shows promise. 1897 –…

…which showed great promise. Uplifting the 15 year old tree to remove a few lower branches would be a help with more budding in the future as we have found…

…I ordered the big Insignis to be cut as dangerous 4 ft from ground, 16 ½ ft round. 1934 – JCW Neriflorums very good. Azaleas promise well i.e Indian azaleas….

…find it in the reference books? Magnolia ‘Westonbirt’ Magnolia ‘Westonbirt’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘JC Williams’ is showing great promise in its second flowering and certainly worthy of a name…