…2020 – CHW Only one seed head on the young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ which flowered so well for the first time this year. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ A carpet of Knapweed…

…dead camellia Dead hydrangeas by The Hovel by the dozen. Dead hydrangeas Major lead drop on the magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the drive. magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ The sad remains of…

…is well away Loads of seed heads on just one of the 5 Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the bank. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ We cut back a number of old Erica…

…Splendour’ are just shedding their outer (first) covering. The buds at the top of the tree may have been frosted but the lower ones look fine. Too early to tell….

…‘Caerhays Splendour’ is now out on the drive. Smaller flowers but the same colour as Splendour. Quite a big show today. seedling First flowers showing on the Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest…

…Savill’ Magnolia ‘Valley Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Valley Splendour’ Rhododendron hodgsonii – SSYT 9 Rhododendron hodgsonii – SSYT 9 Rhododendron hodgsonii – SSYT 9 Rhododendron pachytrichum Rhododendron pachytrichum Rhododendron glischroides Rhododendron glischroides…

…form) Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ (pink form) A poor sister seedling to Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ is out on the track down to White Styles entrance. The worst of the four seedlings here…

…taking view of the Magnolia campbellii behind me is Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ coming slowly out five days on from the last time I photographed it. It is thankfully coming out…

…I have ever seen it although a pretty dull holly really. Ilex perado subsp. perado Jaimie’s original Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ just coming out in its pomp. Bigger flowers than on…

…the rain, to observe the second plant of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the drive which is just coming out. The flowers here are not as large as on the best…

…height. Schefflera macrophylla The new sculpture at the southern edge of the garden made from old metal parkland fencing posts. Odd but each to his own! sculpture 2021 – CHW…

…the St Lucie cherry from central and southern Europe. Planted in far too prominent a position. Prunus mahaleb 2021 – CHW The yellowish Magnolia ‘Sundance’ against a blue sky. Magnolia…

…Not sure if this is Southern Marsh Orchid or, more probably, Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula) except that its leaves are plain green and not black spotted as were the…

…pod ripe yet. 1902 – JCW A lot of Bardon del under the big wall, picked Luciana three days ago, moved Southern Star, foliage nearly dead. 1901 – JCW Some…

…We saw flowers last week on M. ‘Southern Belle’ and here is Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ also just out and very similar in appearance. The latter is supposedly M. obovata x…

…Crataegus brachyacantha, the Blueberry hawthorn, from the southern US states. We have yet to see any blue-black fruits. Crataegus brachyacantha Crataegus brachyacantha Crataegus ambigua – Russian hawthorn. Very similar to…

…leaf types that are growing here, a mixture from Southern China and Nth Vietnam. Unfortunately the only species to regularly flower here is Rhodoleia henryi which is the right hand…

…Could the red one be Rhododendron flammeum instead? Both are native species to the southern USA. Rhododendron cumberlandense Rhododendron cumberlandense The best thing in the ‘nothing to see’ garden today…

…there was last an effort to clear an area and start a new collection of temperate or southern hemisphere plants below the entrance. The collections of grevillea, melaleuca and callistemon…

…books make clear there is a botanical muddle here which I wont go into. It grows to 20 feet in southern US states and is used as a hedging plant….