10th March

…return but the magnolias outside the back yard are simply perfect! Magical even. This one is on the mound through the arch. An unnamed seedling between Magnolia campbellii and Magnolia…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

…island peninsula. The garden was abandoned 30 years ago but is a magical shambles in which you could make a science fiction film with dinosaurs. The bus gets stuck in…

4th April

…which is similar, I think, to ‘Coral Pink’. Magnolia ‘Practically Magic’ Magnolia ‘Simple Pleasures’ – very simple and not much of a pleasure so far. Magnolia ‘Simple Pleasures’ Magnolia x…

20th February

…at the base of a Pinus radiata. i look it up and think it’s Ramaria stricta (Upright Coral) Ramaria stricta ? Magnolia ‘F.J. Williams’ now full out and splendid at…

17th September

…Veryan Bay – Rhododendron Loderi Helen – Rhododendron Loderi Pink Coral – Rhododendron Loderi Sir Edmund – Rhododendron campylocarpum – Rhododendron davidii EN4213 – Rhododendron degronianum hept. ‘Oki Koki’ –…

2nd August

…– by the top lodge with a second sunnier positioned clump further down above the drive. Huge flowerheads which turn coral pink in autumn. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’…