12th March

…less a pure M. sargentiana var. robusta seedling. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta seedling Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta seedling 2024 RHS Spring Flower Show. RHS Spring Flower Show RHS Spring Flower…

24th March

…‘Diva’ Magnolia sargentiana robusta x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sargentiana robusta x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sargentiana robusta x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ 2019 – CHW Some nice things along Sinogrande…

13th October

…tree. Time to start collecting them on the ground before the mice get them. Magnolia sargentiana robusta Magnolia sargentiana robusta 2016 – CHW I thought we had a second, more…

26th July

…are having a field day despite its hairy leaves. Hydrangea sargentiana Hydrangea sargentiana Hydrangea sargentiana 2022 – CHW A day to revisit our 4 surviving Meliosma tenuis (previously M. dilleniifolia…

13th June

…Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Beautiful foliage on Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’. Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Goldrush’ now with flower buds appearing and the inevitable slug damage sargentiana

22nd February

…frosted in bud Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ a Gresham hybrid. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ The Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta in the Rireii Opening is just starting. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Beside it…

20th February

sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’ at the bottom of the wood where the paths meet. Nice enough again but just a goodish form of M. sargentiana var. robusta in my view. Magnolia…

31st August

…– CHW Secondary flowers on Berberis wilsonae. Berberis wilsonae The numerous seeds on Magnolia sargentiana robusta are almost ripe. Magnolia sargentiana robusta Multiple flowerheads on Schefflera delavayi. Much earlier than…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Hydrangeas

…Hydrangea sargentiana from the original wild Borde Hill introduction plants. Hydrangea sargentiana Hydrangea sargentiana Hydrangea aspera villosa – Gongshan – the best hydrangea today bar far. Hydrangea aspera villosa –…

29th March

…is going to be an excellent plant in time. Magnolia ‘Lili Diva’ The last few flowers on Magnolia campbellii x sargentiana ‘Treve Holman’. Magnolia campbellii x sargentiana ‘Treve Holman’ Camellia…