…flowers out on our best young (grafted) Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ above Orchid House Nursery bed. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ The pale flowered Magnolia campbellii by Tin Garden has hardly opened at all in…

…and Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’. I therefore believe, based on the colours seen here, that M. campbellii ‘Betty Jessel’ is therefore actually a chance or deliberate cross and not…

…coming out. This is one of Maurice Foster’s hybrids – Magnolia ‘Dark Shadow’ x Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata. There is white on the inside of the tepals when open. Magnolia…

…subsp. jacquemontii ‘Knightshayes’ Betula pendula subsp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’. Betula pendula subsp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ Betula pendula subsp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis – the best catkins today….

…M. campbelli subsp mollicomata ‘Werrington’ – this appears to now be called ‘Avalon’. Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. campbelli subsp mollicomata ‘Werrington’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. campbelli subsp mollicomata…

…and tour today. Rhododendron lutescens and Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi out together by the main quarry. Rhododendron lutescens and Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi Then to Tregrehan and the sight of…

…‘Lanarth’ (a true seedling) by the castle is nearly over. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ The view through the arch has now reached its zenith after it started on 2nd January….

…graft of Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ which was taken from one of the original wild collected Lanarths growing at the top of the lawn at Lanarth near St Keverne…

…planted Magnolia campbellii. Magnolia campbellii Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum already full out. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum First flowering of a young Polyspora on Rookery Path. Polyspora Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217)…

…As with all the ‘Lanarth’ magnolias this seedling in Old Park is out early and looking very fine. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ A formerly rather stifled Magnolia campbellii…