…very pretty. Other tender HK plants in the group. Could it be Camellia lutchuensis? The leaf formation is however quite unlike other x lutchuensis crosses of which we have a…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…the scent they are pretty pathetic ‘flowers’ – merely fat anthers with pollen. The tree is a remarkable shape and beautiful as it starts to leaf up. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’…

…‘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…

…Now it certainly is! Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Wisteria ‘Violacea Plena’ (syn ‘Black Dragon’) is a sparse flowerer with us but a pretty unique double flowered form well worth growing….