10th March

…when some get windblown. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’ An old Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata is multi-stemmed and has been…

2nd January

…the best left? Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ The now fully registered Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Pickthorn’ with its slightly irregular bicolour flowers. I had forgotten…

26th July

…Meliosma oldhamii from a distance. Meliosma oldhamii Another drought casualty! One of three Camellia champetre ‘Fairy Blush’. Camellia champetre ‘Fairy Blush’ The Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ seedling in Tin Garden is…

4th January

‘Diva’. Almost a year off. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ (a group of three) showing off the undersides of their leaves. Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’…

25th February

…(‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘J C Williams’) Similarly above the greenhouse:Small flowers blown open early on a young Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty…

9th February

…as the plant near Pound Corner but in a cold place where few actually notice it. Magnolia spengeri ‘Diva’ Magnolia spengeri ‘Diva’ Then a rainbow over Derrecks Wood. rainbow over…

14th March

…a cup for the best magnolia flower at the show. Unknown rhododendron Rhododendron arboreum red Magnolia sprengeri Diva Magnolia Sir Harold Hillier Betty Jessel and campbellii Alba seedling Magnolia Sargentiana…

7th April

…Magnolia ‘Lili Diva’. Magnolia ‘Lili Diva’ Magnolia ‘Columnar Pink’ is accurately named. Not a great flower but certainly a columnar habit. Magnolia ‘Columnar Pink’ Magnolia ‘Columnar Pink’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’…

28th March

…‘Gravetye Giant’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ with flower and leaf in the sunshine. Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Magnolia ‘Lili Diva’ darker than it appeared a week ago (no picture in…

18th March

…is showing. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ together with Magnolia campbellii alba Magnolia ‘Hawk’ out on Burns Bank. Quite similar to Magnolia sprengeri diva really. Magnolia ‘Hawk’ Magnolia ‘Hawk’ The best magnolia…