15th April

…Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ – what a colour! Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ 2017 –…

14th April

…excellent send off but didn’t hang about in the gale afterwards. No wake so Simon Trudgeon and I had our own! Sadly Margaret Retallack broke her hip over the weekend…

6th May

…all. Magnolia officinalis var. biloba Viburnum taiwanianum with huge flower heads. Viburnum taiwanianum Merrilliopanax alpinus (BSWJ 13939) with its attractive new growth. Merrilliopanax alpinus (BSWJ 13939) Picconia excelsa flowering for…

2nd October

…walls.AM Rhododendron ‘Maisie’ (Jamie’s cross) AM Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ (Dad & Philip Tregunna’s cross of many years ago) FCC Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ (Jaimie’s cross) FCC Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’ (New Zealand…

27th March

…‘Burncoose White’ (or ‘Tennis Court’) Beside it is a magnolia which on the plans is shown as ‘Pegasus’. Clearly it is not! Perhaps a ‘Charles Raffil’ or a ‘Princess Margaret’….

18th October

…10 years left? Magnolia salicifolia Tucked away in shelter is Quercus chapensis which was a gift from Margaret Miles. Older leaves different in shape to the younger ones. Seed from…

11th February

…‘Blue Cascade’ 2022 – CHW Flowers nearly over on a young Camellia transnokoensis. Camellia transnokoensis A gift from Margaret Miles of an unknown species of Eriobotrya collected originally in North…

27th February

…me a little of Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’. Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Fireglow’ (Pickard’s hybrid) has never impressed and well battered here this year. Magnolia…

27th July

…flowers, Hebe ‘Margaret’, looks good here today. 2015 – CHW Rain overnight and looking bad first thing but I managed a few newish hydrangeas at the Green Gate where the…