23rd March

…has Magnolia campbellii (pink) x Magnolia campbellii Alba seedling as its parents. This may well be one to propagate. unknown/unnamed magnolia seedling unknown/unnamed magnolia seedling unknown/unnamed magnolia seedling The original…

9th February

…wind. Magnolia campbellii seedling Amid the gloom a ‘Caerhays Belle’ seedling shows up along the drive from the Isla Rose Plantation. ‘Caerhays Belle’ seedling What a ghastly day but no…

11th March

…Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’. Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’. Magnolia campbellii var….

19th March

…first one but not the second. Michelia doltsopa seedlings Michelia doltsopa seedlings A good Rhododendron macabeanum seedling below Rookery Gate Path. Rhododendron macabeanum seedling Rhododendron ciliicalyx just out. Rhododendron ciliicalyx…

2nd July

…gigantic Freylinia lanceolata, honey bells – here its woody trunk which we have never seen on our stock plant at Burncoose by the mist houses where it is a shrub…

8th April

…pale colour to its ‘bells’. Nearly white with a hint of pink. Floriferous at a young age but nothing too startling really with or without breeder’s rights. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Prettycoat’…

22nd May

…at other plants and self-sown seedlings in the garden which turn out to have more or less characteristics of both I. dipyrena and I. kingiana to a greater or lesser…

16th March

…Rhododendron serpyllifolium Rhododendron serpyllifolium First flowers out on a Magnolia dawsoniana seedling outside the arch. Magnolia dawsoniana seedling Rhododendron sulfureum full out. Rhododendron sulfureum Rhododendron sulfureum 2021 – CHW Still…

18th March

…campbellii ‘Alba’ (Seedling) – 2nd M. campbellii ‘Alba’ (Seedling) – 2nd M. ‘Fairy White’ Single bloom any species, hybrid or cultivar M. ‘Felix Jury’ – 1st and the Brother Vincent…

30th November

…a little deformed but the colour on the bells is clear enough. Very odd! unlabelled Enkianthus unlabelled Enkianthus unlabelled Enkianthus The old quince has dropped its leaves so that the…