…edging to the petals as you would expect from a Ruby. Planted 2015. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chindit’…

…plant is in full sun in Kennel Close. Is it really a species? Camellia maliflora Camellia maliflora The new Green Gate to replace the old rotten one. new Green Gate…

…a small rounded flower. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Deep Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Deep Purple Dream’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Titan’ – first flowering and not quite what I…

…Cutting back laurel and rhododendron above Hovel Cart Road. laurel and rhododendron A clump of six Enkianthus chinensis on Hovel Cart Road. Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’…

…‘Black Beauty’ still in bud is darker (in bud) than ‘Genie’ or ‘Black Tulip’. MAGNOLIA ‘Sunray’ Magnolia ‘Sunray’ is not as poor as I thought 10 days ago and has…

…too. I remember them flowering much earlier in the year. Rhododendron neeriflorum Rhododendron neeriflorum In the rockery Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ was sadly too far out to cut. Azalea ‘Black Hawk’…

…utilis ‘Chris Lane’: Black – big white calcocils Betula utilis dark form: Black – small white calcocils Betula utilis ‘Melony Sanders’: Very red peeling stem Camellia bailinshanica: Red new growth…

…‘Black Tulip’ with five flowers. This one the best with least wind damage. Very good indeed! Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ First flowers (three) on Magnolia ‘Kitti Wake’ of…

…of Magnolia ‘Rose Marie’ x ‘Black Tulip’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ After all last week’s excitement over the Cephalotaxus fortunei I thought I would have a look at the related species….

…it in New Zealand. Is this darker or better than the equally popular Magnolia ‘Black Tulip? Clearly ‘Genie’ is going to be a much smaller growing magnolia than ‘Black Tulip’…

…Hillier’ showing a little more pink than usual. Magnolia campbellii ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x ‘Black Tulip’ – excellent! Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x ‘Black Tulip’…

…very fine in the sun but I think the flowers are (so far) smaller than usual this year. Magnolia ‘Lois’ Rhododendron desquamatum and Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ cut for…

…the Staphylea collection and well worth propagating by the look of it. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ Quercus yunnanensis with a new set of leaves. Quercus yunnanensis…

…or three weeks AZALEA ‘Greenway’ – nearly over AZALEA ledifolium AZALEA ledifolium – full out and just going over AZALEA Black Hawk’ AZALEA Black Hawk’– too far out to cut…

…morii New growth on Pseudotaxus chienii. Pseudotaxus chienii Wisteria ‘Black Dragon’ is never a very spectacular show here. Few flowers and rather hidden by the new growth. Wisteria ‘Black Dragon’…

…– I think based on the black spotting on the leaves. Orchis mascula Magnolia ‘Sunsation’ about a week later into flower than here. Magnolia ‘Sunsation’ Paulownia tomentosa at its very…

…‘Black Swan’ leaves a week on. Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ just out. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ A young Magnolia nitida getting…

…sterculiaceum not that exciting! Acer sterculiaceum subsp. sterculiaceum More leylandii have been burnt. leylandii But plenty more still to go. still to go Cornus iberica with good reddish-black autumn colour….

…few seed ripening on the elderly Enkianthus cernuus rubens. Enkianthus cernuus rubens More flowers on another Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’. A little paler than the proper ones in spring? Magnolia ‘Black…

…than last year but they are not yet juicy, black and ripe. Symplocos aff. sumuntia The last (poor) flower on Clethra kaipoensis. Clethra kaipoensis 2020 – CHW Frankie and his…