…Frankie Tregunna and Ross Collins Frankie Tregunna and Ross Collins Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine’ just showing nicely as the small tree matures. Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine’ Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood…

…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…

…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…

…Down Nurseries which I visited with Philip Tregunna for the first time in about 1980 well before the nursery moved to Burncoose a few years later. Fagus asplenifolia Fagus asplenifolia…

…Philip Tregunna won the RHS Reginald Cory cup for Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ (the best new plant bred or introduced to cultivation that year) in 1973. All Sir Reginald’s papers were…

…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’…

…Illicium species flower in spring, summer and autumn. Illicium philippinense (CWJ 12466) Illicium philippinense (CWJ 12466) 2022 – CHW Asia has been busy with our magnolia grafting and air layering….

…US and, indeed, if plants from them still grow on at the current location of the Rhododendron Species Foundation in Federal Way, Washington. The next entry in Philip’s book shows…

…Frankie digs out the last of the large leylandii stumps in Kennel Close on a wettish day leaving everything perfectly flat, neat and tidy. Nobody could better a Tregunna for…