…which I did not photograph yesterday. Magnolia campbellii Alba Magnolia ‘Caerhays Philip’ has taken a battering since a week ago but still has some gorgeous flowers left. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Philip’…

…Diva’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ showing colour. Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ an excellent colour this year. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ As is the New Zealand Magnolia ‘Lanarth’. New Zealand Magnolia…

…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ showing colour in the mist. Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Magnolia campbellii from afar in the mizzle. Magnolia campbellii 2018 – CHW Between meetings a quick…

…species for planting out today, with its first flowers. This is going into the new clearing in the Rookery. Illicium philipinense Illicium philipinense The second elderly mature Magnolia campbellii caught…

…x ‘Lanarth’ NZ 7. ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ x ‘Betty Jessel’ 8. ‘Philip Tregunna’ x ‘Felix Jury’ 9. ‘Philip Tregunna’ x ‘Darjeeling’ 10. ‘Angelica’ x i ‘Darjeeling 11. ‘Angelica’ x ‘Betty Jessel’…

…the Rookery – magnolias in the mist! Another view from the Rookery This Laureliopsis philippiana came as a seedling from under the huge three at Kilmacurragh. It was planted in…

…gardener, Joe Whelan, and Philip Holmes. Here are a few outstanding plants from this 37 acre garden (and arboretum) which had 375,000 visitors last year. Keteleeria davidiana – I have…

…on the Main Ride. Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ and Camellia japonica Corylopsis spicata and Camellia x williamsii ‘Brigadoon’. Corylopsis spicata and Camellia x williamsii ‘Brigadoon’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ now full out. Magnolia…

…Philip says the eggs are generally larger this year than last which may bode well for fertility rates in what has been, so far, quite a cold year for laying….

…different. Well worthy of formal registration with the International Magnolia Society (IMS) which it now has been as ‘Caerhays Splendour’. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta x ‘Lanarth’ hybrid Philip’s 1985 hybrid…