…two for the very first time. MAGNOLIA ‘Swedish Star’ Magnolia ‘Swedish Star’ MAGNOLIA ‘Swedish Star’ Magnolia ‘Swedish Star’ looks from a distance to be a ‘Yellow Bird’ but, on closer…

…first started flowering. Buddleia lindleyana Buddleia lindleyana Seed heads on Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ An unusual combination – Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ and Asimina triloba. No…

…bedraggled flower on the Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ on the wall beyond the front door. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ 2021 – CHW The elderly Camellia ‘Imbricata’ on the top wall just starting….

…be more casualties in the ‘war’ but, unless we start to ‘get on with it’, there will not be anything which we would have previously recognised to get on with!…

…conditions. Similar flowers to Catalpa bignonioides but larger and with fewer flowers in each cluster. Perhaps the best thing out in the garden today (or new thing anyway). Catalpa speciosa…

…be one of the stars of the show. Protea eximia Protea eximia Virtually complete. Virtually complete The fountain has worked well this year. A Giles Rayner creation with great artistic…

…Sheriff’. Azalea amoena and rhododendron ‘High Sheriff’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ by the lodge. Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ 2022 – CHW A pair of swallows rebuilding…

…‘Burncoose’. If it survives there will be severe die back and pruning to do. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ with many tertiary flowers as usual. Magnolia ‘Star…

…‘Volcano’ (Hornau) giving a good show. Is there now a proper registered name? Need to do some detective work. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Volcano’ (Hornau) Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x…

…Expensive loss! Magnolia macrophylla Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ is performing again with a new flush of secondary flowers much redder than those in the spring. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’…