…Beauty’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ with pink tips to its petals. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Garnettii’ with a lovely contrast between variegated leaf and purple-black…

…colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Sapium sebiferum very late into leaf but very much alive and well. Sapium sebiferum 2023 – CHW Camellia reticulata ‘Lovely Lady’ still with…

…‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’ Mahonia japonica nearly over in full shade by the greenhouse frames. Mahonia japonica The snowdrops moved from The Vean are half full…

…are in for a ‘splash’ and not a soak.Mixed colours on the bluebells naturalising on the bank above the front door. bluebells Magnolia ‘Butterbowl’ just out. Magnolia ‘Butterbowl’ Magnolia ‘Butterbowl’…

…x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ – they really are black. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Enormous flower clusters on an elderly Illicum anisatum in full shade. The old plant may well…

…years from planting out. Camellia reticulata ‘William Hertrich’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ just as good in the opposite side of the path. Camellia reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ The largest Magnolia campbellii…

…instead of box. Lonicera nitida ‘Tidy Tips’ Lonicera nitida ‘Tidy Tips’ Lonicera nitida ‘Tidy Tips’ Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ is full out as one would expect. Lonicera x purpusii…

…much a nursery and not a garden centre. Among the novelties seen were:Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Lemon’ and Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Lemon’ and Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Summer…

…x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Copper Beauty’ (syn. ‘Jelena’) Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Copper Beauty’ (syn. ‘Jelena’) Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’ Hamamelis x intermedia…

…Salvia confertiflora Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Beauty’ looking spectacular. As good as ‘Winter Fire’? Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Beauty’ Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Camellia ‘Jingle Bells’ Camellia ‘Jingle…