5th June

…11004) Magnolia x wieseneri well out. Magnolia x wieseneri Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ – some flowers over and some in tight bud. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Cotoneaster glomerulatus didn’t flower…

22nd August

…many! crab apples Syringa reticulata had a few flowers in May which never really opened properly in the dry spell. Here what I assume is a second flush. Syringa reticulata…

28th July

…and covered with bristles which are turning reddish. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ This is (I think) Rhododendron aperantum which I have never seen in flower here…

16th April

…be probably be true to name. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Titan’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Titan’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ looking superb. Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Photinia davidiana is virtually leafless….

1st July

…this. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Jamesia americana, a rare deciduous north American species with some hydrangea like characteristics, is just coming out. Jamesia americana Jamesia americana…

25th August

…the spring for seeds as well. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ 2016 – CHW Another trip to photograph new plants for the 2017 catalogue and some existing…

11th September

…slaves in Cornwall. The situation only began to change after the end of the English Civil War when the Royal Navy was built up under Oliver CROMWELL. By 1700, North…

29th March

…the commoner form. Teucrium fruiticosum ‘Azureum’ Magnolia ‘Royal Purple’ – one final flower. Other than the yellows virtually all the magnolias have now finished flowering in the nursery tunnels. Magnolia…

13th April

…Prunus ‘Jo-Nioi’ Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ with its first flower at the sales point. Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ Rhododendron ‘Wee Bee’ and Rhododendron ‘Patty Bee’. Rhododendron ‘Wee Bee’ and Rhododendron ‘Patty Bee’…

18th April

…– red buds opening to white. Malus ‘Gorgeous’ Malus ‘Van Eseltine’ – a bit wind damaged. Malus ‘Van Eseltine’ Malus ‘Royal ‘Raindrops’ – a good red. Malus ‘Royal ‘Raindrops’ Malus…