…in recent gales. Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’ Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’ Last leaves still holding on Magnolia dawsoniana outside the front gate. Just about every other magnolia has finally shed…

…‘J.C. Williams’ Hydrangea aspera ‘Robusta’ with leaves and flowers well frosted. Hydrangea aspera ‘Robusta’ Yet Magnolia dawsoniana still has green leaves. Magnolia dawsoniana Three days ago all the leaves on…

…‘sport’! First flowers showing on Magnolia dawsoniana and no frost damage. Magnolia dawsoniana Part of yesterday’s planting all staked and wired. yesterday’s planting A huge Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ now full…

…base of a nearby Magnolia dawsoniana. self-sown seedling Rhododendron ovatum in bud but with its bronzy new growth already well set where there were no buds. Rhododendron ovatum The huge…

…plant by the original Magnolia dawsoniana actually is or even which genus? I guess Lonicera? Needs watching for the next year to see what it actually might be. The second…

…the M. dawsoniana. Camellia japonica ‘Maiden’s Blush’ A young big leaf rhodo seedling with three flowers only five years after planting above Rogers Quarry. rhodo seedling Rhododendron ‘Wine & Roses’…

…bad even if high up the tree. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ One of Dad’s hybrids by Red Linney which he refused to name. Magnolia mollicomata x Magnolia dawsoniana from memory but…

…eating half way up the Magnolia dawsoniana. Only the wings and breastbone are left. dead pheasant Last year we had bluebells out by the end of February. They are certainly…

…Purple Breeze Purple Eye Purple Star Rose Marie Rominas Pink Sybille dawsoniana Valley Splendour stellata Wisley Stardust R&G Celtis sinensisPavia Euonymus americanusAvaxa 1 Acer macrophyllum 1 Berberis jamesiana 1 Berberis…

…of variable jonquils under the Magnolia dawsoniana outside the front gates. Survivors as hybrids from 100 year old crosses of JCW’s? variable jonquils 2016 – CHW Magnolia ‘F J Williams’…