…to be pretty good above the Old Kennels. seedling from the same seed pan as M. ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Clear evidence of squirrels biting off magnolia buds on the top path…

…pretty accurately in all respects as regards leaf size, petioles, only one spine etc but the flowers are said to be on second year growth which they clearly are not…

…Well worth Asia collecting the seed – very pretty! Verbascum nigrum Verbascum nigrum Verbascum nigrum Sorbus yuana just getting going in Tin Garden with secondary new growth. Sorbus yuana Sorbus…

…is a pretty fair match as well to one of our plants but not the other three.The IDS description of M. cuneifolia does not match our 4 plants nor does…

…quite a surprise as we never got to watering any of them. Die back in only a couple more Jaimie reports. A pretty good result validating planting in January. 2022…

…was not quite out in time. Now it certainly is! Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Wisteria ‘Violacea Plena’ (syn ‘Black Dragon’) is a sparse flowerer with us but a pretty unique…

…Park is much the same story.Magnolia x loebneri ‘Champaign’ flowering for the first time in Old Park. An odd name but quite pretty. A US loebneri hybrid which is an…

…‘Alba’ Akebia quinata ‘Alba’ This was a gift from Roy Lancaster last year. We are pretty sure it is Pittosporum illiciodes var. angustifolium which has long linear leaves and tiny…

…Photinia serratifolia? Pretty similar to the Photinia behind the Camellia ‘Captain Rawes’. Photinia serratifolia Photinia serratifolia Ilex fargesii which died out here long ago. A good tree which we need…

…Melicytus obovatus Melicytus obovatus It took us a while to sort out the identity of our Melicytus species but I am pretty certain that this is Melicytus crassifolius which I…