…has equally odd mottled white and cream leaves. Fagus sylvatica ‘Franken’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Franken’ This is a very much more cut leaf form of Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’ than the ones…

…The yellow in the ripening buds has more or less faded away to cream unlike Magnolia martinii which holds its ‘yellowness’ better but is out a month earlier in colder…

…on ready to be planted out next spring. We seem to have ‘Fairy Cream’ and ‘Fairy White’ doing well but not ‘Blush’ or ‘Fairy Lime’ as yet. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’…

…loderi Rhododendron loderi Magnolia ‘Peaches ‘n’ Cream’ seems very like ‘Peachy’ and ‘Daybreak’?! Perhaps I am being unfair to a first single flower. Magnolia ‘Peaches ‘n’ Cream’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’…

…Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ is still in tight bud. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ The rest of the elderly Gevuina avellana has blown open. Last year we cut down most of it as…

…Helen’ and M. ‘Apollo’. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ is still in tight bud. If you grew the four fairies in a row (Blush, White, Cream and Lime)…

…The three Fairy Michelias all just out together in a row. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ – just out. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ – full out and dropping. Michelia ‘Fairy…

…Pittosporum adaphniphylloides Swelling buds on Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Our layers on Rhododendron griffithianum need moving next spring and have clearly developed their own roots. Rhododendron griffithianum Still…

…pods I have ever seen setting on Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Roe deer (antler) damage to the stem of a rhododendron. Infuriating! Roe deer (antler) damage Good late…

…today but will quickly fade to cream. Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ The two mature pink forms of Magnolia x veitchii are gorgeous against a blue sky. Magnolia x veitchii Magnolia…