…over its best. 1920 – JCW No poets out but nearly the best day of the season. 1915 – JCW Engelheart was here yesterday, and the daffs were good, but…

…very good indeed, not quite its best, M rubra nearly at its best, 481 half open, all recurvas open. 1910 – JCW Most of the recurvas, late and cold under…

…with some early Rhododendron sutchuenense hybrids framing it off. Looking down on them is the best way to see magnolias. Magnolia campbellii Alba I might now recap on the best…

…best on Quarry Path. Rhododendron lutescens 2020 – CHW I have been wondering why attacks are being made on phone masts in some areas and assumed that this was just…

…dying rhododendrons from previous droughts. Rhododendron ‘Bobolink’. Rhododendron ‘Bobolink’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’ Rhododendron ‘Lemon Meringue’. Rhododendron ‘Lemon Meringue’ Rhododendron ‘Lemon Meringue’ Rhododendron ‘Lemon Meringue’…

…dry the flowers stand proud from the emerging leaves this year rather than being swamped by them. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Rhododendron desquamatum is its…

…their best. Single Camellias and Reticulata species past best. Garden Reticulata not yet at best – Arboreums going over.Davidsonianum and Augustinii just coming well out also Auklandii hybrids and some…

…and the viola. This is the best growing year for rhodo’s that I have known. 1917 – JCW Plagianthus lyalii is the best thing in flower. Wilson’s Fortunei hold on…

…light pink with a yellow flare and a whitish stripe. whitish stripe whitish stripe whitish stripe Then a rather more conventional late flowering pale yellow. pale yellow pale yellow Similar…

…aprica Crataegus aprica Crataegus aprica Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x ‘Gold Cup’ – planted 2014 Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x ‘Gold Cup’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlett’ now properly out. Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlett’ Crataegus…

…Loder challenge cup for best hybrid rhododendron truss. Jaimie receives the RHS Loder challenge cup CHW receives the RCMG Quicke cup for best magnolias in the show. CHW receives cup…

…‘Loderi Pink Diamond’ if only on its leaf form but still not correct. Rhododendron ‘Loderi Pink Diamond’ Rhododendron ‘Loderi Pink Diamond’ Another pleasant yellow royalii hybrid. yellowish royalii hybrid yellowish…

…to see yellow flowers on Yellow Lantern from the front door today. A new first for Caerhays as the plant is tall enough to show up (against the new beech…

…up the Latin name first! yellow Icelandic poppies yellow Icelandic poppies We were worried as to whether the Magnolia delavayi cut down last August would recover from The Beast. The…

…growth. Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ shaping up quite well. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Crataegus schraderiana is another new species which will be…

…in the spring. Rhododendron flavidum is one of its parents and often has an autumn show too as we saw earlier but nothing like this. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow…

…are four record trees here which I labelled with the new labels today – Paulownia fortunei, Sorbus torminalis, Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ and Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ Magnolia campbellii…

…always known it. Yellow in bud but less yellow this year than last. Is it floribunda? Tom Hudson says just another form of M. doltsopa. Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia…

…front gate and the third behind the JCW camellia clump on Bond Street. Was it not fortunate that the best plant ended up in the best place or was it…

…Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Wonderful new growth buds on Salix fargesii. Planted in 2010 and now a stout multi-stemmed shrub. Salix fargesii Salix fargesii New leaves on Prunus…