4th October

…I doubt they will. Magnolia rostrata Magnolia rostrata ‘They’ always say you should plant Embothrium lanceolatum in the worst possible poor and stony ground. Here, one year on from planting,…

28th September

…but here, unlike on the drive, the leaves are only just starting to turn their autumnal reddish-black. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Tilia henryana is plastered in flower and nicely scented….

26th May

…Magnolia rostrata has the odd flower out high up. More to come and some over. Magnolia rostrata Magnolia rostrata An elderly white Rhododendron decorum is full out but the pink…

20th June

…japonicus ‘Jippei Kawamure’ Paulownia kawakamii has almost finished flowering and I have missed it. Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia kawakamii Eucalyptus crenulata with its attractive new growth. Eucalyptus crenulata Magnolia rostrata has…

17th August

…Stewartia rostrata. Stewartia rostrata A few secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Winsome’. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ already starting to show up well. Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Flowers and seed heads on…

10th September

…on Camellia gigantocarpa. Camellia gigantocarpa Lithocarpus fenestratus is making good growth in a sheltered spot. Lithocarpus fenestratus Seed heads again this year on Magnolia rostrata which will not be ripe…

20th November

…pruned back and re-uprighted to reshoot which I expect it will with vigour. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Magnolia rostrata seeds still not quite ripe. Magnolia rostrata Lindera sericea (BSWJ 11123)…

27th August

…they sit half way down the leaves on long stalks. Euonymus moupinensis (E. echinatus) 2022 – CHW Magnolia rostrata partially defoliated as well and all seed heads have dropped prematurely….

3rd January

…beside it is just about there as well (while ‘Mary Rose’ is not yet properly out). Daphne bholua ‘Limpsfield’ Daphne bholua ‘Limpsfield’ Two fallen seedpods from Magnolia rostrata are still…

9th August

…gracilipes Mahonia gracilipes Magnolia rostrata has not produced any seed heads this year unlike last. The veined leaves are as impressive as ever. Magnolia rostrata 2019 – CHW To the…