…to get going in a sheltered spot. Magnolia caveana Magnolia dealbata still in tight bud. Even in this very early year I would not expect to see it out for…

…nasturtium flowers 2016 – CHW Laurel cutting nearing completion above Rogers Quarry. Laurel cutting We have cut back hard one of the younger michelias encroaching over the Magnolia dealbata but…

…dealbata in flower for first time. 1917 – JCW The Wilson Fortunei’s are starting to open. A Mikado is very good and A arborescens, also some of the Harrow hybrids….

…young Magnolia dealbata – again as usual in a mild winter. Rot at the base of the oldest Quercus acuta but still a huge tree with much alive at the…

…Others are near but not quite yet. We have 6 species planted out. I remember a huge Acacia dealbata below the lawn but it died 50+ years ago. Camellia japonica…

…to make do with Magnolia dealbata for a bit. Magnolia macrophylla Rhododendron wilsoniae is a sparse flowerer. This is a tangled old original clump of plants so that may explain…

…Dahuricum and Mucronulatum , the two best early shrubs we have as yet, frost has only lately left us. 1908 – JCW Some Aconites open, Acacia dealbata and the Coums…