…obovata ‘Pink Flush’ has come on a lot in a week! Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ And the leaves which are left on Liriodendron chinense next door are a golden yellow….

…kiusiana just gets better! Tilia kiusiana Liriodendron chinense is approaching its best. Liriodendron chinense Liriodendron chinense Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ develops black leaves as they prepare to drop. Magnolia obovata…

…‘Inchmery’ which we forgot to gather on Wednesday. Cotoneaster ‘Inchmery’ Shrivelled blue/black seedpods on Decaisnea fargesii. Decaisnea fargesii The leaf on Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ is just turning. Magnolia obovata…

…flowers than the Caerhays originals. Unlike the old plant featured last week this one has a full flush of dark flowers. You might argue that this is not a second…

…most of its flowers. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ with a second crop of new white flowers alongside the faded flush of its first performance. Hydrangea ‘Madame…

…Flush’ still flowering away a month after the first flowers. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Azalea ‘Western Lights’ still good above Bond Street. Azalea ‘Western Lights’ 2020 – CHW One new…

…‘Temple Belle’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ as good as I have ever seen it in flower. Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Rhododendron aberconwayi just out. Rhododendron aberconwayi Rhododendron aberconwayi 2020 – CHW Touching…

…Malus ‘Cardinal’ – stand out best in flower so far. Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Red ‘Obelisk’ Malus ‘Fire Glow’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Donald…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW (images to follow) 2024 – CHW The annual visit to the Royal Isle…

…M. ‘Royal Crown’). The parentage is evident in the small compact form and shape of this variety planted here in 2007. Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ Magnolia…

…CGS and in general. A memorial garden was built in his name at the Royal Cornwall Showground. 2015 – CHW MAGNOLIA ‘Butterflies’ is nearly out MAGNOLIA ‘Yellow bird’ It is…

…than all the other stellata varieties. Magnolia stellata ‘Jane Platt’ 2019 – CHW The Cornwall Garden Society spring show for the first time at Wadebridge (Royal Cornwall county showground) in…

…tree was bought for us by Trevor Wright at the end of a Royal Cornwall Show. I had always thought it was Tilia henryana but knew for years that its…

…1906 – JCW Returned from Dinton and Manglis. Dinton things nearly all burnt out, Manglis’s Royali hybrids very good. (Cutting from magazine attached to Garden Book page, dated April 1951)…

…peeling bark is about 15-20ft tall. We used to have a white form above the wall which once got Dr Davidian, the great rhodo expert and author from The Royal…

…on older leaves. No sign of any acorns. Beside it is Tilia mongolica (bought from Duchy Nurseries at the end of a Royal Cornwall Show 15 or so years ago)…

…from Burncoose thinks my Prunus pendula ‘Stellata’ from the other day in the diary is Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ or Malus ‘Echtermeyer’. She is very probably right. Part of the fun…

…15/16 great storm hit London and Kent – Kew very badly damaged and Royal Parks. 1927 – JCW Not so many rhodo’s as in 1917. Hoheria on the wall is…

…Yellow’ 2019 – CHW Jaimie and the team have started leaf clearance on the drive. We spent some time at the Royal Cornwall Show trying to identify a machine with…

…Gunnera manicata are now condemned to die as invasive weeds. Where are the signs of invasiveness after 120 years? There are none.Barking, woke, nonsense yet again from Mr. Weed’s Royal…