…Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ has come on a lot in a week! Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ And the…

…hedges The base of the gigantic Ginkgo biloba. Ginkgo biloba Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii nicely in bud. Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii Perhaps Paeonia obovata var. alba?…

…‘Blue Opal’ flowering well for the first time in Kennel Close. Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia obovata perfectly out. Magnolia obovata Rosa…

…x wieseneri well out. Magnolia x wieseneri Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ – some flowers over and some in tight bud. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Cotoneaster glomerulatus didn’t flower much or…

…fine indeed. Catalpa bungei f. duclouxii Catalpa bungei f. duclouxii Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ still flowering away a month after the first flowers. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Azalea ‘Western Lights’…

…is a first ever flower on Magnolia obovata x Magnolia fraseri. Quite an odd shaped flower with small petaloids around the stamens. Not as much creamy yellow in it as…

…obovata x M. globosa? while the former is a cross between M. sieboldii and M. tripetala x M. obovata. I doubt there is much globosa in ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia ‘Summer…

…of it Magnolia obovata has Manglietia like outer petals too. Magnolia officinalis var. biloba Magnolia officinalis var. biloba Magnolia officinalis var. biloba Magnolia officinalis var. biloba Magnolia officinalis var. biloba…

…not as large or well coloured as our original M. sinensis. Magnolia sieboldii ssp. sinensis Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ with a single flower (M. tripetala x M. tripetala x M. obovata)….

…on our Chelsea stand (Magnolia obovata x Magnolia sieboldii). Of the nine new clumps of Ghent Azaleas in Kennel Close I have missed three in a week but here are…