15th May

…plant now. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Michelle’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Michelle’ Another new magnolia with blue flowers (before they open). This is the first flowering of the magnolia labelled acuminata multiflower subcordata. Clearly…

7th April

…13 – Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Trelissick’ Class 16 – Magnolia denudata ‘Sunrise’ Class 15 – Magnolia acuminata ‘Butterflies’ Class 24 – Rhododendron siderophyllum Class 32 – montroseanum x unknown Then…

22nd October

…from Magnoliastore. This is the list with several nice new things:Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiju’Magnolia Kobus ‘Isis’ ® (Maráczi) Magnolia Chameleon (‘Chang Hua’) Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Flamingo’ Magnolia…

30th March

…colour combination. Magnolia cylindrica Magnolia cylindrica Magnolia ‘Sundance’ (Magnolia acuminata x Magnolia denudata) just coming out. Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Camellia ‘Mimosa Jury’ was good and new to us. Camellia…

29th March

…but its actually M. acuminata ‘Fertile Myrtle’ x soulangeana ‘Picture’. Magnolia ‘Toro’ Magnolia ‘Toro’ Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis has old cones from last year, vivid red new female cones and…

20th June

…recently caught us out with a customer complaint. M. acuminata ‘Miss Honeybee’ x Michelia figo is probably not as our original M. ‘Yuchelia’ actually is but more like this? Magnolia…

7th May

…out in Kennel Close and more to come. (M. acuminata subsp. cordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ x M. ‘Elizabeth’). Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Rhododendron luteiflorum full out. Rhododendron luteiflorum First flowering of the…

29th May

…rather similar (Ehretia dicksonii and Ehretia anacua). Hillier’s say Ehretia thyrsiflora is properly called Ehretia acuminata. New Trees do not mention ehretia at all. Bean lists just two species which…

19th May

acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ I believe. Not the most startling magnolia from a distance but a genuinely new magnolia colour close up. One for Asia to perform her aerial layering on….