…the drive. Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’ Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’ just coming out. One of several but this one largely unblemished. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ By popular request from Rod White here…

…Merril’ is modest by comparison to other yellows. Magnolia ‘Maxine Merril’ Rhododendron kiusianum with the nice darker stripe in its clustered flowers. One to remember to propagate. Rhododendron kiusianum Rhododendron…

…Fun’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ – what a colour! Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ 2017 – CHW Clearance work Tree fern trunk Clearance work…

…drive to enjoy – perhaps. Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’ still in flower – its reputation for a lengthy flowering season even in hot weather is well deserved. Magnolia Margaret Helen Magnolia…

…2020 – CHW Reevesia sinica with still tenderish secondary new growth at the top. Now 6-8ft tall. Reevesia sinica Despite trimming some lower branches a Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ has nearly…

…sprays class from Caerhays (which won first and a cup or two). Magnolia ‘Solar Flair’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’ – in the three sprays class from Caerhays. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’…

…China and gifted (as a plant) to us by Margaret Miles in 2018. Quercus chapensis Quercus chapensis A new species of unnamed Eriobotrya from N. Vietnam – also a gift…

…Magnolia ‘Daphne’ and Rhododendron ‘Damaris’. Rhododendron bahuiniflorum The new growth on Quercus chapensis from seed grown by Margaret Miles from a conference in China in 2015. Gorgeous reddish-black new growth….

…Clearly it is not! Perhaps a ‘Charles Raffil’ or a ‘Princess Margaret’. I think the original plant died and was replaced but the label has vanished. magnolia which on the…

…away in shelter is Quercus chapensis which was a gift from Margaret Miles. Older leaves different in shape to the younger ones. Seed from Korea I think I remember. Clearly…