10th February

‘Dawn’ Magnolia figo hybrid Magnolia ‘Little Starlet’/ unknown parentage, most likely a hybrid between M laevifolia and M compressa Magnolia sp. Ogisu 700 / Magnolia sinensis Ogisu 700, from Sichuan…

5th January

…guess there must be a reason for a name like this? I see there is also ‘California Dawn’ and ‘California Fantasy’ in the reference books but we do not grow…

30th July

…Musa basjoo Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ really is striking. Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ A few flowers on a batch of young Chitalpa tashkentensis ‘Pink Dawn’. Catalpa duclouxii Fruits already on…

6th August

…on top of Donkey Shoe nursery. Mag delavayi, I find a much finer flower at dawn – clearly opens at night. 1915 – JCW Buddleia veitchii wanes. Myrtles good. R…