…still to come. Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ First flowers on this Rhododendron rothschildii. Not a species I ever remember growing here. Like so many of these big leafed species the…

…all that but I think it does just about fit the description in Dorothy Callaway’s magnolia book. The tepals are white inside. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big…

…is now full out too. What an impressive plant this is! Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ (US bred) is now full out too…

…M. ‘Big Dude’ x M. ‘Vulcan’. Annoyingly the label has vanished but clearly one of the sprengeri – middle above Hovel Cart Road. M. ‘Big Dude’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ M….

…Eisenhut reference book. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ – another Gresham. These are all M. x soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’ x M. x veitchii ‘Rubra’ hybrids. Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’…

…planted Jan 2024. Magnolia ‘Big Ben’ Magnolia ‘Big Ben’ A wind battered flower or two left on Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. campbelli subsp mollicomata ‘Werrington’. Lunaplant have ‘Avalon’ and…

…Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ now a single flower from above. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ The best magnolia in the garden today is the Magnolia campbellii alba seedling in the…

…– not that ‘big’ as I have said before. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Sybille’ with larger flowers than our other tree. Magnolia ‘Sybille’ Another seed grown (by us) Magnolia kobus…

…Hybrid). Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia ‘Cup Cake’. Magnolia ‘Cup Cake’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia liliiflora ‘Holland Red’. Magnolia liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia liliiflora…

…which I have seldom seen before but most of the pink flowers have been battered by the rain. Pseudocydonia sinensis Pseudocydonia sinensis Another ghastly looking big leaf rhododendron on the…

…ilex oak 2018 – CHW The heatwave gets even worse. The big leafed rhododendrons might last another week without rain before they collapse and die but no more than that….

…paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Big leaf rhododendrons completely revived after watering yesterday. Big leaf rhododendrons Big leaf rhododendrons The watering system with gravity feed downhill from barrels. watering system with gravity…

…Mother’s magnolia These Rhododendron auriculatum may or may not survive. We have seen them like this before but not as bad. Rhododendron auriculatum These big leaf’s will not make it…

…RNLI coastguard rescue boat, big helicopter, 2 ambulances and lots of other blue lights. Air ambulance incident Air ambulance incident Air ambulance incident Air ambulance incident Can one guess the…

…Viburnum sieboldii. Viburnum sieboldii The best thing today was Callicarpa shirasawana. These got missed from the Isla Rose planting but are big plants absolutely laden with mauve-purplish berries. A better…

…mild and wet start to November. Camellia vernalis ‘Dawn’ A new piece of cut yew to prop up the big leaf rhododendron at the start of Rookery Path. The old…

…‘Variegata’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ Of the 40 different big camellias down from the Top Lodge just 2 in flower. Camellia japonica ‘High Hat’ is always very early….

…lot of Cam saluenensis and 2 or 3 of its seedling. The big quarry one well out and a few buds picked 3 weeks ago. Very mild and wet. Big…

…off a newly planted rhododendron Some wind blow on this big leaf rhododendron and one leading branch already dead. Some wind blow on this big leaf rhododendron A newly planted…

…big leaf seedling by the Gunnera bed in Old Park. big leaf seedling Camellia sasanqua ‘Bonanza’ is a really good double red and I see plenty of cuttings have been…