…We have a larger plant above Hovel Cart Road. This is a very good magnolia with a good shape to it. Magnolia ‘Aurora’ Magnolia ‘Aurora’ Magnolia ‘Purple Sensation’ is just…

…Berberidopsis corallina trained on a back wall of the house. Berberidopsis corallina Phlox and early flowering dahlias. Phlox and early flowering dahlias Phlox and early flowering dahlias White Wisteria still…

…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 in…

…the magnolias may well indisputably be ridiculously early. However this is by no means true of other plant species: Camellias flowering in general and, in particular, the very early pre…

…yet. Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ not yet out so very late and heavily budded with huge buds. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ –…

…Last year it was early too. Camellia reticulata ‘William Hertrich’ full out in a sheltered spot. Huge flowers and early. Note how the flowers vary in shape and petal conformation….

…lawn at Burncoose was always early into growth but ‘early’ used to mean March.A big bit of cryptomeria by the boot washer as a leftover from yesterday’s storm which incidentally…

…Very early! Rhododendron fargesii Rhododendron fargesii Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ is coming out and a sensational colour in Rogers Quarry. Magnolia sargentiana robusta x Lanarth seedling beyond Rogers Quarry is full…

…campbellii 2019 – CHW A search for magnolias out or showing colour. Eight photographed here before I ran out of time. There are loads more nearly there. As early as…

…Lonicera implexa Lonicera implexa What I assume is Schizophragma hydrangeoides (perhaps ‘Rose Sensation’?) with a fine show on the wall of the house. Probably even more pink in the early…