…big clump and has been frequently cut back from the path which makes it flower better. Mahonia japonica Mahonia japonica Acacia cultriformis just about to come out. A big tree…

…Gate. Not a big job to clear it up. ash branch by Rookery Gate Crataegus austivalis still has plenty of leaf. Crataegus austivalis The cones on Abies pinsapo are now…

…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’ M. ‘Big Dude’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ above Hovel Cart Road. Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia ‘Felicity’ x M. denudata…

…the picture is a far lighter colour in the Eisenhut reference book. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ – another Gresham. These are all M. x soulangeana ‘Lennei…

…and 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’…

…‘Felix Jury’ x M. Genie).v Magnolia ‘Emperor’ Magnolia ‘Emperor’ Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ (Gresham Hybrid). Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia ‘Cup Cake’. Magnolia ‘Cup Cake’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia…

…‘Slavin’s 44’. Magnolia ‘Slavin’s 44’ Magnolia ‘Slavin’s 44’ Magnolia ‘Big Pink’ x ‘Werrington’ named ‘Cassandra’. Magnolia ‘Big Pink’ x ‘Werrington’ named ‘Cassandra’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Stardust’. Magnolia x loebneri…

…Sinogrande Walk 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…

…araiophyllum Rhododendron araiophyllum Rhododendron wilsonae – this clump of plants is over 100 years old. Rhododendron wilsonae We have shown this gorgeous big leaf under various names at the Rosemoor…

…around the trunk as roedeer damage already evident. A plant 10-12ft tall without, as yet, much foliage. So a big plant when it arrived from Crûg Farm and clearly not…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Unlike our other big clump which was cut down to reshoot; Azalea…

…‘Bobolink’ Rhododendron ‘Lemon Meringue’. Rhododendron ‘Lemon Meringue’ At last good new growth on the big leaf rhodos after the rain. good new growth on the big leaf rhodos Rhododendron griffithianum…

…Saumarez’. Camellia japonica ‘Lady de Saumarez’ Cutting back the big old clumps of Rhododendron davidsonianum above LQN. They have finished flowering but not yet set seed or new growth so…

…(voting numbers not revealed)! A big ring around to the nursery staff. Thankfully we have plenty of plants to fulfil new orders. Will we get a new rosette? Prize badge…

…Rhododendron sinofalconeri 2023 – CHW A cuckoo squawking all morning. We could do with a days rain! Big wedding yesterday in Beach Meadow.In my absence at Chelsea Jaimie, Michael, and…

…caterpillars. walnut Azalea ‘Gena May’ (I think) is a good late red with a hint of an orange centre. Azalea ‘Gena May’ Azalea ‘Gena May’ Azalea unknown – a big…

…clearly out for this big event although I am a day or two late myself (M. globosa x M. obovata). Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ First decent flowering on a young Philadelphus…

…the great casualty of the 1975 drought. big leafed rhodos big leafed rhodos Plenty of wild strawberries are the bonus for the grass cutting team. Over two thirds of the…