…‘Strawberry Blue’ Muehlenbeckia axillaris ‘Golden Girl’ a yellow variant of a plant we know well. Muehlenbeckia axillaris ‘Golden Girl’ 2023 – CHW Decent garden centres have well signed display beds…

…laevis ‘R. J. Hilton’ Amelanchier laevis ‘R. J. Hilton’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Frosted Magnolia ‘Golden Cup’. Magnolia ‘Golden Cup’ Dogshit on sticks! Dogshit However Magnolia pseodokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’,…

…Rodgersia. Primula and Rodgersia Sambucus niger ‘Golden Tower’ Sambucus niger ‘Golden Tower’ Cordyline australis ‘Red Star’ Cordyline australis ‘Red Star’ Protea cynaroides ‘Little Prince’ Protea cynaroides ‘Little Prince’ Sambucus niger…

…after it is over in the garden here. Jasminum nudiflorum Interesting to see the February leaf colours on different Trachelospermum:- Trachelospermum asiaticum ‘Golden Memories’ Trachelospermum asiaticum ‘Golden Memories’ Trachelospermum asiaticum…

…does have golden velvety new growth buds. Looking at Jim Gardiner’s International Dendrology Society (IDS) lecture I mistakenly thought ours did not. Magnolia sapaensis The Tin Garden Magnolia campbellii is…

…bench (not ours). Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Tom & Jo Hudson’s superb Michelia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’. Michelia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ The…

…2024 – CHW The magnolia season is absolutely at its peak as we hit 1st March. Showery but not too bad. Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole’ outside the front gate. Rhododendron ‘Golden…

…Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Carlos’ just out too. Magnolia ‘Carlos’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Pterocarya fraxinifolia Pterocarya fraxinifolia Sorbus yuana Sorbus yuana Camellia ‘High Fragrance’ –…

…Rosemarinus officinalis ‘Pointe du Raz’ Rhododendron ‘Taurus’ just out. Rhododendron ‘Taurus’ Magnolia ‘Golden Sun’ in the magnolia tunnel. Magnolia ‘Golden Sun’ Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ Scabious columbaria ‘Pink Mist’ out…

…2022 on poor soil with deer fencing and a watering system. Here Tilia endochrysea. Tilia endochrysea Three Cryptomeria japonica ‘Golden Promise’ getting going. Cryptomeria japonica ‘Golden Promise’ New growth on…

…(‘Tortoiseshell Champagne’) – a Slocock hybrid. Rhododendron ‘Champagne’ Rhododendron ‘Champagne’ Rhododendron ‘Fusilier’ Rhododendron ‘Fusilier’ Rhododendron ‘Fusilier’ Rhododendron ‘Golden Torch’ Rhododendron ‘Golden Torch’ Rhododendron ‘Colonel Rogers Group’ (Rhododendron niveum x Rhododendron…

…fine amaryllis for the house. amaryllis Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ now in leaf. The leaves are no longer yellow as they were when they first emerged but the bark and…

…Kalmia latifolia ‘Snowdrift’ Arundo donax ‘Golden Chain’ – far less horrid than the plain green form. Arundo donax ‘Golden Chain’ Rosa cantabriensis – not a great advance on Rosa ‘Mermaid’…

…x and also Sutchuenense, Cross Bill x Golden Oriole. Machrostenem – 8 Reticulata seedlings and Mary W. 1929 – JCW H mollis quite wonderful. Parvifolium is good and nothing else…

…JCW Mag delavayi and grandiflora a few nice blooms. PD’s vinca very good by the big wire fence. Some Camellia sasanqua and lapageria. PDW reports that 500 golden plovers have…

…at all sure of the identity of this first one due to the colour change. – Golden scalycap – Pholiota aurivella – perhaps? After much research – Turkey tail –…

…rare Viburnum parvifolium. Viburnum parvifolium After all the rain suddenly Golden Scalycap – Pholiota aurivella all over a beech stump that was felled 4 years ago. Pholiota aurivella 2022 –…

…plants at Burncoose today.Taxus baccata ‘Repens Aurea’ is a new golden yew. A new introduction for next year’s catalogue and website I guess. Taxus baccata ‘Repens Aurea’ Taxus baccata ‘Repens…

…1947 – CW Mucronulatum and Nobleanum out also 3 or 4 of the Sutchuenense hybrids, bits of Yellow Hammer and Golden Oriole and Moupinense. Hamamelis only beginning. Camellia Double white…

…1898 is ahead of 1935. 1898 – JCW M de Graaf breaks through, also Princep Mary, Sirius, Golden Bell etc, one seedling of Maximus shows colour and one or two…