…speech has to contain a joke about the yellow leaves not being yellow as well as an appeal to traditionalists. This is a plant grown by an amateur over 20…

…Prince’ The unusual combination of Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ and Michelia laevifolia. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Exochorda tianschanica is, I think, turning out to be a nicer flowered plant than the other…

…cellars. Two inches of rain in an hour. rainstorm The overnight winds have yet again blown branches out of Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ And off the Liriodendron tulipifera…

…Aurea’ Juniperus pingii ‘Hulsdonk Yellow’ – another new one for next year which I may have photographed already. Not very yellow at all at this time of the year. Juniperus…

…out in the last 3 years – is growing away vigorously with large leaves. Parastyrax species nova (BWJ15185) Parastyrax species nova (BWJ15185) Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Snow Bird’ has recovered from near…

…where I guess they will have, by now, departed into France or a mid-Atlantic death. The GWCT farm bird count will be interesting this year as most migratory birds will…

…and only about 8ft tall after 25 to 30 years. Quite large leaves for a malus. fruits are golden yellow fruits are golden yellow One seedling however is clearly a…

…growth. Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ shaping up quite well. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Crataegus schraderiana is another new species which will be…

…which one it is. [Jaimie later tells me it is Magnolia denudata ‘Yellow River’.] An excellent yellow An excellent yellow An excellent yellow Rhododendron rubiginosum ‘Desquamatum Group’ or Rhododendron desquamatum…

…‘Yellow Lantern’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Rhododendron niveum on Sinogrande Walk. See how the flowers fade in colour with age. Rhododendron niveum Rhododendron niveum This is one of a batch of…

…here are nice yellow tints. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Gum Ball’ This is Liquidambar styracifolia ‘Oconee’, which has a very similar habit to ‘Gum Ball’ but, here, has coloured up rather better…

…splendid second autumn flowering as usual on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Podocarps swelling on Podocarpus henkellii. Podocarpus henkellii The…

…light pink with a yellow flare and a whitish stripe. whitish stripe whitish stripe whitish stripe Then a rather more conventional late flowering pale yellow. pale yellow pale yellow Similar…

…planting. Rhododendron ‘Fabia’ Rhododendron ‘Fabia’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’ is almost over. Cannot remember the breeding or origin of this one? Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’ We had a cut…

…am missing in the garden today. Magnolia ‘Anilou’ turns out to be as good a yellow as its writeups have suggested. Magnolia ‘Anilou’ Crataegus combyi Crataegus combyi Crataegus combyi Crataegus…

…‘Royal Flush’ – Yellow (centres – yellow in bud). Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – Yellow Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – Pink but slightly different to the one earlier. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Rhododendron…

…today’s standards but it was an early named yellow variety and is still worth growing as it flowers so late. Magnolia ‘Large Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Large Yellow’ When we cleared Old…

…yellow but it does have large flowers that are an impressive show. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ This trip has cheered me up after six (more) miserable hours grappling with our 95…

…the Auklandii Garden a year after planting and hence the slight confusion.) supposedly ‘yellow’ Magnolia campbellii supposedly ‘yellow’ Magnolia campbellii supposedly ‘yellow’ Magnolia campbellii supposedly ‘yellow’ Magnolia campbellii There is…

…but the buds are yellow! yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Fallen petals below the Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New…