14th February 1897 – 2020

…centres? Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ The first clump of our huge new autumn planted daffodil clumps (10 to…

11th March

…x M. campbellii ‘Darjeeling’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. campbellii ‘Darjeeling Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. campbellii ‘Darjeeling The new Magnolia ‘Romance’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Romance’ Magnolia ‘Venus’ is…

4th September

…growth. Daphnephyllum teysmannii Late secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Cornus controversa covered in fruits. Cornus controversa Still catkins on Salix fargesii on secondary or tertiary new growth. Salix…

2nd August

…Illicium floribundum 2018 – CHW Everything looking better after the rain!First flower ever on Metapanax davidii. Rather similar to a fatsia flower I think. Metapanax davidii Metapanax davidii Holboellia latifolia…

30th May

…Magnolia figo var crassipes x (M. foveolata x M. laevifolia) with its first flower. Orange velvet on the new growth. Magnolia figo var crassipes x (M. foveolata x M. laevifolia)…

14th May

…japonica just coming out. A real show to come. Sorbus japonica x Sorbopyrus auricularis (Pyrus communis x Sorbus aria) flowering here for the first time. A peculiar mix but both…

22nd April

…leaf. As attractive now as is its striking autumn colour. Larix kaempferi Larix kaempferi Berberis x ottawensis ‘Superba’ in full flower and 8ft tall with a similar spread. Berberis x…

28th February

…Old Kennels. An outstanding display today. Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’ Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’ Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’ Two more pictures of the sensational Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’. Magnolia sprengeri…

6th February

…Trochodendron araliodes Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ a week on with a few flowers fully out. Todd Gresham’s 49th cross made in 1964 in California ((M. x soulangeana ‘Rouged Alabaster) x…

4th March 1897 – 2020

…yet. Magnolia ‘Vairano’ Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ (Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Deep Purple Dream’) just coming. Planted 2013. Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x ‘Black Tulip’ has…