30th July

…flower? Viburnum cylindricum Our next crop of Musa basjoo looking particularly healthy. Musa basjoo Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ really is striking. Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ A few flowers on a…

5th February

…website as yet but it will be. Magnolia tamaulipana Lindera praecox just coming out in a tunnel. Lindera praecox Amazing trailing cascades of lichen on a yew tree overhanging the…

10th February

…M. yuyuanensis x insignis M. xinganensis – syn. Synonyms Manglietia oblong Magnolia laevifolia x maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ M. elegans – syn. Magnolia elegantifolia Magnolia guangnanica – syn. Michelia guangnanica 2023…

11th March

…it into a saleable state in a pot? (Recently reclassified as xanthocyparis rather than chamaecyparis.) Xanthocyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ Xanthocyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ Xanthocyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ Xanthocyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ Aucuba japonica ‘Dentata’…

RHS Savill Garden – Flower Show Pictures – 2018

…‘Pow Wow’ Buxus hyrcanus – unusual to say the least Buxus hyrcanus Buxus hyrcanus Stachyurus praecox var leucotrichus Stachyurus praecox var leucotrichus Rhododendron baihuaense Rhododendron baihuaense Spiraea prunifolia flowering before…

18th May

…heterophylla Tilia x moltkei Tilia x moltkei Tilia x moltkei Tilia oliveri Tilia oliveri Tilia oliveri Crataegus aprica in flower. Crataegus aprica Crataegus aprica Crataegus aprica Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’…

6th November

…Sassafras albidum Sassafras albidum Chimonanthus praecox a lovely yellow. Chimonanthus praecox Cotinus coggygria ‘Lilla’ showing a nice mixture of colours. Cotinus coggygria ‘Lilla’ Cotinus coggygria ‘Old Fashioned’ just starting to…

7th March

…Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcano’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J.C.Williams’ – no name either. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J.C.Williams’ Magnolia ‘Aurora’ is spectacular. 2010 planted. Magnolia ‘Aurora’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x…

10th March

…soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’ x Magnolia x veitchii) – Gresham Hybrid Magnolia ‘Crimson Stipple’ Magnolia ‘Crimson Stipple’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ (Magnolia mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ x Magnolia x soulangeana) Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia…

2nd February

…nice H ? x min and max x C of c, Rhod praecox open, coums very good, heaths coming on well, snowdrops at their best. Made my first cross of…