14th October

…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…

1st September

…with decent secondary flowers. We pick one for the house. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Sadly the Tilia henryana has collapsed. One bit of the tree…

2nd June

…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…

26th May

…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…

25th May

…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…

28th October

…major Eucommia ulmoides – a dull yellow and green but nice close up. Diospyros lotus – another yellow of some merit. Diospyros lotus Callicarpa kwangtungensis – mauve/violet fruits as well…

3rd March 1897 – 2020

…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…

17th February 1897 – 2020

…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…

15th February 1897 – 2020

…flowered Magnolia campbellii yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii The record Magnolia campbellii is now full out and ‘Spring has Sprung’ at Caerhays in…

5th February 1897 – 2020

…in a cold spot but so far undamaged. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jurys Yellow’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jurys Yellow’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jurys Yellow’ Is this Camellia lutchuensis or, as I…

30th May

…much as it turns out. The yellow iris from several Chelsea’s ago – I have forgotten its name unfortunately. yellow iris Philadelphus melanocalyx from Tom Hudson with its first flowers….

18th May

…dying rhododendrons from previous droughts. Rhododendron ‘Bobolink’. Rhododendron ‘Bobolink’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Petticoats’ Rhododendron ‘Lemon Meringue’. Rhododendron ‘Lemon Meringue’ Rhododendron ‘Lemon Meringue’ Rhododendron ‘Lemon Meringue’…

9th May

…‘Loderi Pink Diamond’ if only on its leaf form but still not correct. Rhododendron ‘Loderi Pink Diamond’ Rhododendron ‘Loderi Pink Diamond’ Another pleasant yellow royalii hybrid. yellowish royalii hybrid yellowish…

6th April

…seeing Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ in its full glory yesterday I will never know but Jaimie did not and here ‘she’ is! This is a 2001 US cross between Magnolia ‘Yellow

3rd April

…‘Acropolis’ Narcissus ‘Acropolis’ Narcissus ‘Moondragon’ Narcissus ‘Moondragon’ Narcissus ‘Geranium’ Narcissus ‘Geranium’ Narcissus ‘Geranium’ Narcissus ‘Yellow Cheerfulness’ Narcissus ‘Yellow Cheerfulness’ Narcissus ‘Yellow Cheerfulness’ 2019 – CHW Still no rain!A flower on…

28th May

…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…

20th November

Yellow’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’ As is often the case a few secondary or premature flowers on Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’. This one is by the Auklandii Garden but it…

18th November

…CHW The larger of the two gingkos outside the front arch is still fully green while the other (tucked away behind large Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’) is properly yellow. gingkos A…

18th June

…on Magnolia sapaensis. Ten flowers this year – the first one nearly out. Magnolia sapaensis Secondary flowering already on Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ 2021 – CHW A great…

21st November

…sinensis The top ten feet of Alnyphyllum eberhardtii has again blown out in a recent gale. Alnyphyllum eberhardtii A few tatty secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Polyroy’. Rhododendron ‘Polyroy’ Decent yellow