…Beside it so is Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’. Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chindit’ a darker colour than I have ever seen it before. Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chindit’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Sir Harold…

…years ago removed their shelter. Rhododendron sinogrande The second Magnolia dawsoniana outside the arch just starting. Magnolia dawsoniana 2017 – CHW A trip to Tregothnan in the evening to quietly…

…too close to the drive. A soft pink blush to the opening flowers quickly turning pure white. Magnolia ‘Alixeed’ A tail end flower on Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ on the…

…on the now fully recovered large Magnolia dawsoniana outside the front gate. Magnolia dawsoniana A good young clump of the pink form of Rhododendron decorum outside the front gate. The…

…dawsoniana alongside a swelling seed pod. Magnolia dawsoniana Also flowering in Old Park is an excellent Magnolia virginiana seedling which is much better than any of the plants in the…

…with attractive new growth. Vaccinum dunalianum caudatifolium Thankfully the Magnolia dawsoniana outside the front gates which lost all its young new growth to frost has recovered thanks to this good…

…Marie Rominas Pink Sybille dawsoniana Valley Splendour stellata Wisley Stardust R&G Celtis sinensisPavia Euonymus americanusAvaxa 1 Acer macrophyllum 1 Berberis jamesiana 1 Berberis kawakamii 1 Callicarpa dichotoma 1 Callicarpa membranacea…

…together 2022 – CHW Camellia japonica ‘Maiden’s Blush’ outside the front gate under the M. dawsoniana. Camellia japonica ‘Maiden’s Blush’ A young big leaf rhodo seedling with three flowers only…

…Linney which he refused to name. Magnolia mollicomata x Magnolia dawsoniana from memory but it is perhaps better than both? One of Dad’s hybrids Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ is now full out….

…base of a nearby Magnolia dawsoniana. self-sown seedling Rhododendron ovatum in bud but with its bronzy new growth already well set where there were no buds. Rhododendron ovatum The huge…

…by the cold in February with the sap rising as have a few other things – most notably the Magnolia dawsoniana outside the front gates which I see is struggling…

…garden to come across hidden treasures. Rhododendron ‘Alison Johnstone’ Rhododendron ‘Alison Johnstone’ I have no idea what this plant by the original Magnolia dawsoniana actually is or even which genus?…

…It turns out to be a buzzard with a dead pheasant it is eating half way up the Magnolia dawsoniana. Only the wings and breastbone are left. dead pheasant Last…

…variable jonquils under the Magnolia dawsoniana outside the front gates. Survivors as hybrids from 100 year old crosses of JCW’s? variable jonquils 2016 – CHW Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ which…