…Belle’ suddenly full out. Camellia japonica ‘Lulu Belle’ Camellia japonica ‘Lulu Belle’ Camellia japonica ‘Kick Off’ just getting going. Camellia japonica ‘Kick Off’ The variable shaped flowers of Camellia japonica…

…wrong. I wonder why? Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ 2021 – CHW Lots more rain, several branches on young magnolias snapped off in the wind and yet more secondary…

…‘Northern Belle’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Northern Belle’ Magnolia laevifolia x maudiae, a 2020 gift from Raf Lenaerts has taken off as well. I need to send Raf these photos. Magnolia laevifolia…

…‘Caerhays Belle’ looking wonderful. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia campbelli ‘Darjeeling’ now full out. This is the smallest of our three plants out today. Magnolia campbelli ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia…

…‘Crosswater Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ One year old and new female cones on Araucaria bidwillii. Araucaria bidwillii Styrax wilsonii is a shrubby species. Flowering much better than last year unlike…

…paddock. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ is in tight bud on the lawn and in the paddock. Magnolia Charles Raffill is showing but not much. Magnolia sprengeri Diva ‘Burncoose’ Nothing even showing…

…growth. Dig it out or not? Wait a while I think. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ A very late form of Rhododendron maddenii with wonderful overpowering scent. There are…

…Diana’. Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’. Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’. Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’…

…Belle is too tender to grow in their winters but this is the first evidence here of a problem. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ More tidying up work on an old magnolia…

…View through the arch Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ has the first few flowers out by the arch. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ in the Auklandii Garden…