…CHW The one seed pod on the Magnolia officinalis var biloba is maturing but not yet ripe. Magnolia officinalis var biloba Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ still has nice secondary flowers on…

…12204) Polyspora speciosa (KWJ 12204) Polyspora speciosa (KWJ 12204) Polyspora speciosa (KWJ 12204) Polyspora speciosa (KWJ 12204) Still a few leaves on a young Styrax officinalis which is unexpected in…

…Paulownia fortunei Magnolia officinalis ssp. biloba still in tight bud thankfully. Magnolia officinalis ssp. biloba An elderly Magnolia x soulangeana has fallen over but still flowering well. It may well…

…was cut back outside the front gate. Slow worms Magnolia officinalis var. biloba flowering in Penvergate. Later than usual but the one by Slip Rail is still not showing at…

…new growth. Pieris japonica ‘Bonfire’ Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ – new and impressive. I have not seen this in flower before. Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Grevillea ‘Fireworks’ Cornus officinalis in flower in a pot…

…Calceolaria ‘Camden Hero’ is nicely out for Chelsea and put aside in quantity. Calceolaria ‘Camden Hero’ Calceolaria ‘Camden Hero’ Salvia officinalis ‘Albiflora’ is however too far out to go. Take…

…are new books on cherries to discover. Prunus ‘Shogetsu’ Prunus ‘Shogetsu’ Prunus ‘Shogetsu’ Jim Gardiner recommended a new US book on magnolias by Andrew Bunting. It shows a Magnolia officinalis…

…above Crinodendron Hedge) Styrax hemsleyanus (above Crino Hedge in new planting) Styrax officinalis (above Crino Hedge in new planting – one survivor from two planted?) Styrax shiraianus (Burns Bank –…

…reference books are unclear. I think it is Styrax wilsonii but it may be Styrax officinalis which grows rather taller; twice the size in fact.A new Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ has…

…formosanus (all forms), S. obassia and S. wuyuanensis. S. shiranus and S. officinalis are too small here as yet to see if they qualify or not but I suspect that…