…this year for the second time. Michelia cavalerei var. platypetala Michelia cavalerei var. platypetala Michelia floribunda var. tonkinensis (WWJ 11982) with a few flowers high up. Not as many flowers…

…coxii. Tom Hudson inspects Juniperus recurva var. coxii Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta in the Ririei Opening. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Roy Lancaster beside the Michelia tree he fell out in…

…Blossom’ Escallonia rubra var macrantha strangely full out by the greenhouses. At least that is what I think it is? Need to check with Jaimie. Escallonia rubra var macrantha Escallonia…

…a columnar windbreak. Ilex yunnanensis Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei nicely out with its odd tri-lobed leaves. Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei The blown over and cut back…

…a huge flower and a variety of yellow hues as the flower develops. Magnolia acuminata var subcordata Magnolia acuminata var subcordata Magnolia acuminata var subcordata The first time I have…

…male flowers. A tremendous show today. Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Magnolia ‘Dark Shadow’ is damaged but rather uninteresting in what I think…

…yunnanensis just going over. Planted in 2018 and already needing a hard pruning back which it got in 2021. Buddleia nivea var. yunnanensis Buddleia nivea var. yunnanensis Flower buds well…

…flowers. Luckily we have lots of other plants of flowering age. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva Magnolia sprengeri var. diva Magnolia sprengeri var. diva Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Burncoose Tennis Court’…

…varieties from my ‘wish list’ have arrived from and via Burncoose. Few are large enough to plant out yet and will have to go to the greenhouse frames for repotting…

…Carpinus orientalis Carpinus orientalis Carpinus laxiflora var. macrostachya. Carpinus laxiflora var. macrostachya Carpinus laxiflora var. macrostachya Carpinus cordata. Carpinus cordata Carpinus cordata Carpinus caroliniana. Carpinus caroliniana Juglans microcarpa. Juglans microcarpa…