…‘Ciliicalyx’ Gorgeous new leaves on a young seedling Acer forrestii. Acer forrestii Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ now perfect! Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ Magnolia sieboldii leafing up already. Magnolia…

…which makes this even more surprising. A really excellent plant that ought to be more widely propagated. Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlase’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlase’ In the rain: Rhododendron fargesii…

…Michael’ My father named two very early flowering Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedlings ‘Bishop Peter’ and‘Bishop Michael’ (two bishops of Truro from the 1980s). Peter is darker purple and sometimes the first…

…The top of Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ with a decent background today. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ First flowers showing high up on the Donkey Shoe Michelia doltsopa. Michelia doltsopa 2022 – CHW…

…up it is a Gresham hybrid and should be a dark red – so wrongly named. Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ A rather surprising red hybrid…

…Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlaise’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlaise’ An excellent yellow – must ask Jaimie which one it is. [Jaimie later tells me it is Magnolia denudata ‘Yellow River’.] An…

…it was new to me and very relevant to all of us. How could the media have missed this? Panic, newsworthy panic, BBC left wing blame panic of course. Panic…

…Tilia lenta? Lizzie, Charles & Peter Hoffman Charles and Peter Hoffman                 Finally, can you tell me if the tree in the third…

…is getting going. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ Very first (and earlier than usual) flowers on Eucryphia ‘Nymansay’. Eucryphia ‘Nymansay’ A good show on Catalpa bignonoides. Catalpa…

…Diva’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ showing colour. Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ an excellent colour this year. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ As is the New Zealand Magnolia ‘Lanarth’. New Zealand Magnolia…