…Still very wet – Mags good despite early frost except for Bishop Peter and early M above crino hedge. 1931 – JCW Very hard frost on March 9, Rhodo’s just…

Next Day > < Previous Day Return to Current Entries CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2020 – CHW A trip to look at some early flowering…

…J Williams’ Plenty of flowers now out on the original Magnolia campbellii. Spring has nearly broken here. Magnolia campbellii x Raphiobotrya ‘Coppertone’ has flowers nearly out. First time of flowering…

…Caerhays magnolia flowers. Our ‘relief’ Caerhays magnolia flowers Early buds forming on a large Echium fastuosum. Echium fastuosum Echium fastuosum Hebe ‘Wiri Charm’ full out. Hebe ‘Wiri Charm’ Hebe diosmifolia…

…Rhododendron ponticum seedling is full out above the main fernery. Clearly one we and Defra missed a few years ago and one for the chop when we remember. Very early…

…these two smallish trees were very similar but not this year. Susannah has clearly been blown open early. The flowers are small and have a strange bicolour effect. Magnolia ‘Susannah…

…var. coreana Camellia sasanqua ‘Rainbow’ full of flower. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rainbow’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Shinonome’ well out also. Camellia sasanqua ‘Shinonome’ Mist lurks in the tunnels in the early morning. Mist…

…‘Early Pearly’ ‘Early Pearly’ ‘Early Pearly’ ‘Early Pearly’ ‘Baronesa de Soujelinho’ ‘Baronesa de Soujelinho’ ‘Baronesa de Soujelinho’ ‘Snowflake’ ‘Snowflake’ ‘Snowflake’ ‘Plantation Pink’ – a variety Burncoose used to stock ‘Plantation…

…the early magnolias here. Like last year I have largely missed Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ but there are a few decent smallish flowers left. A good tree though. I need to…

…Not unusual for M. sinensis or M. wilsonii in September but very early for tree magnolias. This one is Magnolia ‘Mr. Julian’. Magnolia seed heads Magnolia seed heads First fruit…

…Borlaise’ seen yesterday? Too early to say. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ 2017 – CHW Rhododendron ‘Ginny Gee’ in The Rockery is nearly over in the shade. Light pink when it opens, fading…

…last week has blown a good many magnolias open prematurely as can be seen here during a planting day. Early frog spawn in the dykes in the water meadows. Early…

…Trachycarpus wagnerianus The stems of Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Fire’ looking great in the sun. Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Fire’ Edgeworthia chrysantha with an early bee in attendance. Edgeworthia chrysantha 2024 –…

…leaves as such but Phyllodes which are a development of the leaf stalk into spines or what do resemble leaves. Confusing! Acacia pravissima nearly over. We had one before but…

…room are very good. Pink Cherry wants a day more, not an early year. 1931 – JCW Very nearly as in 1924 two of Wilson’s denudata are showing flowers, one…

…odd dark pink sport here and there. Camellia japonica ‘Optima’ A good go at the laurel below Slip Rail. laurel below Slip Rail Early flowers on Crataegus induta. Crataegus induta…

…Japan, in the early 1990’s. First flowering here. Magnolia ‘Fukuju’ Magnolia ‘Fukuju’ Magnolia ‘Serenade’ (M. soulangeana ‘Lennei’ x M. ‘Jon Jon’) was bred by August Kerr, N. Carolina, 1996. Quite…

…and not nearly enough is being done to propagate, layer and replace the more ancient plants. With so many rocky outcrops new planting areas are not easy but NT budgets…

…with literally thousands of plants from numerous genus. It took us nearly 3 hours to see most of it! Unbelievably interesting from the greatest living plantsman. I am only going…

…obtain before we start to lay it out but it will eventually be a fine show for visitors in early May when the best of the rhododendrons may be over…