…species or variety? A slight scent today but the bees are going mad for the flowers as you can see. Styrax japonicus ‘Emerald Pagoda’ Styrax japonicus ‘Emerald Pagoda’ Styrax japonicus…

…Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ full out and unblemished. One of several today in the garden of this variety. Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ Magnolia ‘Wadas Memory’ Rhododendron fargesii full…

…Hand. A very late flowering variety. Azalea ‘Jane Fire’ Deutzia x elegantissima ‘Rosealind’ on the bank by the top lodge. Deutzia x elegantissima ‘Rosealind’ The first hydrangea into flower –…

…again – this one a scented variety. Half dead again – this one a scented variety 2022 – CHW A fallen leaf under Magnolia dealbata with its silvery underside. The…

…is now nearly full out. Acacia cultriformis Magnolias behind the castle today! Magnolias Magnolias Camellia ‘Emperor of Russia’ with odd white flecking in some flowers. A very old variety but…

…is an excellent new variety. Magnolia ‘Miss Marble’ Magnolia ‘Miss Marble’ Magnolia ‘Miss Marble’ A young Magnolia ‘Avalon’ with just one small flower as yet. Not exactly like the other…

…time). view from the top of 40 acres view from the top of 40 acres Magnolia ‘Emperor’ in 40 acres. This is an exceptional new variety of great merit. (M….

…variety which is clearly smaller growing. We have this name on two 20 year old plants which are near white. This is a newly registered name so confusion here. Magnolia…

…few days ago. I still wonder if it really is a x brooklynensis variety but the balance of probability is rising! I am waiting to hear more about this from…

…sorbus with all its berries still intact on the tree in April! Perhaps a Sorbus intermedia but not a Sorbus aucuparia variety I think. Odd that in such a cold…

…Magnolia ‘Lois’ Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ just showing but not with much scent as yet. We never thought this variety tough enough to develop and grow but it is now…

…for the first time last year, is even better today. The buds are green turning yellow, but the best thing about this variety is that the mature flowers open out…

…a new variety and not in the Burncoose catalogue. Quite nice and floriferous. Azalea ‘Cinzia’ Rhododendron ‘Graziella’ nicely into flower in late May by George’s Hut. Rhododendron ‘Graziella’ Magnolia ‘Touch…

…the Isla Rose already performing well. I first saw this variety trained against a wall at Llanover House. Malus ‘Comtesse de Paris’ The rhododendron species flowering in the recently planted…

…surely! Covered in flowers. Malus hupehensis Magnolia ‘Champaign’ flowering for the first time here (it is spelt correctly!). A Magnolia x loebneri variety selected by Joe McDaniel of Illinois University….

…new crosses. These are what Jaimie and Michael attempted using griffithianum as the seed parent and a variety of different pollen parents as shown. R.GRIFFITHIANUM x glendoick em velvet cross…

…can you actually now buy rhodo species in variety? Defra is probably to blame for turning all rhododendrons into invasive beings in the public perception. On the way above the…

…but absolutely plastered in flower today from top to bottom. A new variety to us too which merits propagation or purchasing more of. Prunus ‘Umineko’ Prunus ‘Umineko’ Magnolia ‘Galaxy’ is…

…variety of colours from purple to reddish purple and with or without central blotches. Rhododendron kiyosumense (search elsewhere in the diary to see) is also a form of reticulatum but…

…is also known as a x watereri variety. Help needed please? It is clearly a large spreading evergreen tree but all the others I have seen elsewhere have had red…