…winner of the guns choice trophy in memory of his father. Spaniel field trial The competitors from all over the county. Spaniel field trial The four Caerhays keepers in their…

…they may just have recurved under the now open flowers. From memory I have seen them pink here before. It is difficult to see how this tree is much different…

…memory a Magnolia denudata form? Magnolia ‘Anticipation’ Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ – more Star Wars than purple in its first flowering. Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia…

…Magnolia ‘Sundance’. Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ and a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Rhododendron macabeanum and Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’. Rhododendron macabeanum Symplocos paniculata in flower. Symplocos paniculata Symplocos paniculata…

…the let shooting in December and the initial proofing on holiday in the Isle of Wight in July is now a distant memory. Publication and posting to 20,000 current mail…

…of those plants I seem to have known the name of deep in my memory from childhood and well worth propagating properly. The main batch of Nakahari or indicum azaleas…

…note monument stand failed to win gold for the first time in living memory. The RHS want to give it an upgrade but the judges are not having it and…

…more shelter. Quercus lamellosa Rhododendron desquamatum just opening fully with the odd flower left on Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ behind it. Some years both perform at once. Rhododendron desquamatum 2023 –…

…adjacent magnolias (as was the plan) but what a dark red. Perhaps the darkest and best? Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ I memory of the above I planted a…

…flowers. These are rather sparse but a nice ‘lightbulb’ shape. My memory of the original Magnolia virgiana smashed in the 1990 hurricane was that it was rather better in flower….