3rd April

…var. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ (to be called ‘Leonora’ after my Aunt Leo). Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ x Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ x Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia…

4th March

…Williams’ Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) below Donkey Shoe. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) Magnolia ‘Lanarth’…

19th March

‘Lanarth’ (NZ form). Fallen petals under Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia x willaimsii ‘Caerhays’ on Burns Bank. Camellia x willaimsii ‘Caerhays’ M. cylindrica x M. campbelli ‘Darjeeling’ flowering for the first…

3rd February

…is a Magnolia ‘Lanarth’. A graft from the original plant at Lanarth at the top of the lawn there and earlier into flower than all our other plants. At Lanarth

9th February

…As with all the ‘Lanarth’ magnolias this seedling in Old Park is out early and looking very fine. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ A formerly rather stifled Magnolia campbellii…

28th February

…then propagating to make it widely available. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Charles Raffill’ equally good. Magnolia campbellii ‘Charles Raffill’ The revamped conservatory which is now water…

17th April

…‘snapped off’ flower of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ (probably broken off by a child but no worries). Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ An odd and previously unnoticed clump of narcissus on Hovel Cart…

22nd March

‘Lanarth Surprise’. Magnolia ‘Lanarth Surprise’ Podocarps ripening on our Podocarpus matudae for the first time. Tom said that although he often sees these at Tregrehan in the autumn they can…

26th January

…graft of Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ which was taken from one of the original wild collected Lanarths growing at the top of the lawn at Lanarth near St Keverne…

27th February

…few leaves remain on what is a semi deciduous Rhododendron mucronulatum hybrid. Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ To my surprise Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ has snuck out only four days after I last checked…