8th March

…Old Park and looking good but, again, I cannot trace a name. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x M. ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x M. ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Mark Jury’ – good to…

24th April

…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…

23rd April

…end of Penvergate. yellow magnolias The record sized Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ just coming with the leaves. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia [?] Magnolia [?] Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia…

26th December

…at Gorwell near Barnstaple I was struck by how far ahead of him we are here. He showed sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ (long over) and (just starting) sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ which…

22nd November

…sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ is a single and later flowering mature plant of Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’. Not that different to ‘Dazzler’ perhaps but he flowers are quite variable as you…

21st October

…could do this one justice but we will try again in a week or two. Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Star’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Star’ 1990 – FJW George Henry Williams arrived…

2nd March

…‘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…

2nd August

…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’…

10th September

…to the Burncoose Garden. Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ 2017 – CHW Jaimie and his team have been cutting the trash on the islands. They came upon…

9th February

…open prematurely in the wind in Kennel Close. Tiny flowers which are unformed and yellowish. Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’…