5th September

…‘Susan’ Magnolia ‘Susan’ Ditto on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Odd secondary flowers on the hard pruned Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Clematis vitalba flowering on and covering…

3rd December

…and very many other odd bits. Yellow Hammer good. Large vases of pink and yellow Maddeni hybrids in the hall. Leaves by no means all off. White heath very nice….

12th December

…flower still on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ on Rookery Park. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ First few flowers high up on Camellia x williamsii ‘Anticipation’. Much earlier than usual despite the cold. We…

23rd April

…end of Penvergate. yellow magnolias The record sized Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ just coming with the leaves. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia [?] Magnolia [?] Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia…

31st March

…this. I looked last week and nothing but Jaimie has snapped it today (M. ‘Yellow Bird’ x M. ‘Caerhays Belle’). You do not really see the yellow in the opening…

24th April

…or ‘Mister Yellowjacket’? I need to go and look at some other possibilities. [I found the answer: it is ‘Sundance’!] yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia yellow magnolia A big…

28th October

…royalii yellow hybrid good by Donkey Shoe. Rho Yellow Hammer nice. Hardly a sign of Decorum or its hybrids. Mag officinalis fell down on 26th behind big Fastuosum Bamboo 51…

17th April

…Road. Perhaps Narcissus x intermedius? narcissus Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ and Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ – blue and yellow work well together here. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ and Metasequoia glyptostroboides…

16th April

…Rhododendron russatum Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ by the playhouse from a distance. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Syringa pinnatifolia just opening. Syringa pinnatifolia Hydrangea lobbii has indeed been killed by the February cold….

20th November

…First flower high up on Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’ As is often the case a few secondary or premature flowers on Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’….