…across, the big plant Nicholsiana just opening, it looks well. The big Parviflora never looked better. R aureum is very good, the early Magnolia wilsoni has many flowers open, the…

…either by comparison to modern day hybrids. All 3 USA bred. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ still performing 6 weeks after we saw it first in…

…Helwingia chinensis is a suckering, spreading shrub so we have put another beside the existing one. Note how much bigger the leaves are on the plant from the frames. Helwingia…

…team. Alwyn had visited Caerhays and had a tour with Jaimie this spring. The big problem this garden has is the 1 mile distance it is across the park to…

…of these big leafed species the flowers fade so quickly that unless you catch them just out it is hard to know which is which by colour anyway. Rhododendron eximium…

…for a big (fine) day of new crossing. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Caerhays Surprise’ as it was named when it came here. Planted in 2019 but, as far as…

…leaf Rhododendrons in Higher Quarry Nursery. But help is at hand and Tim has the hosepipe on from the little used water tanks below the church. big leaf Rhododendrons big…

…second bud on Magnolia tamaulipana. Magnolia tamaulipana Here is the seed head from the first flower. seed head The big Eucryphia nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ which reshot with multiple stems after the…

…intact and unfrosted. Rhododendron leucaspis The big leafed rhodos with their leaves turned over in the gale. big leafed rhodos big leafed rhodos big leafed rhodos Pseudopanax ferox at 12-14ft….

…pods on Magnolia ‘Big Dude’. Plenty to collect here. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Luma apiculata ‘Glenlean Gold’ is another sacrifice plant grown here as a windbreak in the…