27th December

…Camellia vernalis ‘Dawn’ (2016 cuttings so very slow to develop and still only 12-15”). Camellia vernalis ‘Dawn’ Our stock plant of Camellia transnoekoensis still in tight bud. Camellia transnoekoensis Equally…

11th December

…‘Jelly King’ Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Dawn’ – leafless and further on than ‘Charles Lamont’. Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Dawn’ An international mining prize won by Cornish Lithium which we were shown…

2nd December

…A similarly young 1L plant of Camellia vernalis ‘Dawn’ already in flower although nothing showing on its parents as yet. Camellia vernalis ‘Dawn’ Photinia davidiana with masses of now ripe…

18th April

…features of this whole crisis. The priorities are all wrong as history will show.The cuckoo joins the dawn chorus this morning near the house.The row of camellias below the fernery…

2nd June

…Belvoir Castle for a board meeting and an inspection of our multiple woodland plantings there at dusk and dawn. Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia…

8th February

…a place like this! Fortunately the power cut lasts only half an hour. Still blowing hard at dawn but it is due westerly so most will be over the top…

10th February

‘Dawn’ Magnolia figo hybrid Magnolia ‘Little Starlet’/ unknown parentage, most likely a hybrid between M laevifolia and M compressa Magnolia sp. Ogisu 700 / Magnolia sinensis Ogisu 700, from Sichuan…

5th January

…guess there must be a reason for a name like this? I see there is also ‘California Dawn’ and ‘California Fantasy’ in the reference books but we do not grow…

19th February

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