11th March

…Battered in the wind I fear. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Cloud’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Cloud’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ has extraordinary rose-like flowers. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ Magnolia x…

19th May

…Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ Magnolia ‘Ossies Yellow’ is now full out and as…

17th September

…planipes with more ripe seed heads. Euonymus planipes Euonymus planipes Autumn colours on Aesculus flava. Aesculus flava And on Aesculus x mutabilis ‘Induta’. Aesculus x mutabilis ‘Induta’ And on Aesculus…

4th May

…Sequoiadendron giganteum Sequoiadendron giganteum Ilex dipyrena Ilex dipyrena Ilex dipyrena Rhododendron ‘Jubilee Queen’ (loderi ‘Venus’ x Rose du Barri – 1935) Rhododendron ‘Jubilee Queen’ (loderi ‘Venus’ x Rose du Barri…

12th October

…Ilex latifolia Ilex latifolia Vitex agnus-castus is just producing its pale blue flowers on a young plant, however the pictures I took are completely out of focus! Rather like a…

13th June

…kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ with flower bracts still creamy in the shade and now with red spots in full sun. Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’…

10th June

…leaf form some way between Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla and Ilex perado itself. Ilex perado subsp. azorica Ilex perado subsp. azorica Daphniphyllum paxianum (BSWJ 9755) Daphniphyllum paxianum Syringa tomentella flowering…

13th February

…to measure flower size and, using the RHS Colour Charts, to identify the exact flower colours. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary…

26th March

…Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ The pure white single Camellia x williamsii ‘Francis Hanger’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Francis Hanger’ The…

18th February

…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…