…ferox Huge pea like seed pods on Phormium tenax. Phormium tenax Phormium tenax Colletia hystrix 12ftx10ft. Colletia hystrix Colletia hystrix Catalpa bignonoides full out rather earlier than usual. Catalpa bignonoides…

…garden. blue garden Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ covered in seed which I have never yet seen on the Burncoose plant and an exceptional ‘snake-bark’ stem. Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver…

…First flower this year nearly out on Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’. Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ After an absence of six to eight weeks our pair of swans are…

…early and a pretty decent tall growing rhododendron so who cares! pink decorum x FJW rookery hybrid pink decorum x FJW rookery hybrid The rhodo cross and the magnolia together…

…batch of Mahonia bealei ‘Cornish Silver’. This too originated from a Needham introduction. One stock plant was in full flower. Orangy-yellow! Mahonia bealei ‘Cornish Silver’ Mahonia bealei ‘Cornish Silver’ Also…

…growth. Salix fargesii Salix fargesii Viburnum prunifolium nicely in flower and leaf. Viburnum prunifolium Viburnum prunifolium Viburnum prunifolium Viburnum prunifolium Aesculus x bushii in full flower already. Pink and yellow…

…‘Pink Flamingo’ Magnolia ‘Pink Flamingo’ Magnolia ‘Pink Flamingo’ Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ (Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’ x Magnolia x veitchii Rubra) – Gresham hybrid Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’…

…of Rhododendron decorum at its best. Rhododendron decorum Styrax wilsonii now properly out with bees in attendance. Styrax wilsonii Styrax americanus is not quite out yet beside it. Styrax americanus…

…‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Serene’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Titan’ nearly out – early for a x brooklynensis variety. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Titan’ Magnolia ‘Tititare’ (x ‘M. ‘Vulcan’ x M. ‘Apollo’)….

…x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Chaenomeles x superba ‘Pink Lady’ in full bud. Chaenomeles x superba ‘Pink Lady’ in full bud Mahonia x media ‘Buckland’ –…