…are greenish-cream in the shade and already turning reddish in the sun. A gift from Richard Carew-Pole when he was RHS President. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa…

…good show as before. ‘Fairy Cream’, which is beside it, is only half the size and nowhere near out yet. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Magnolia…

…10815) has tiny grey cream flowers with mauve buds. Euonymus oxyphyllus Euonymus echinatus has flower buds and attractive new growth. Euonymus echinatus Euonymus echinatus Euonymus tingens not quite out. Euonymus…

…Trachycarpus fortunei First flowers out early on Magnolia ‘Genie’. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ is yellow in bud but fades to cream with a pronounced red stripe. Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ Magnolia ‘Sunrise’…

…pure white. Today, by 4.30pm, it is dropping its anthers and the tepals are going from cream to brownish. It will be over in less than 48 hours! So here…

…‘Milky Way’ Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ – the pink early spring foliage has faded to cream (but not yet green). [ALONGSIDE] Acer palmatum ‘Ukigomo’ with its startling white foliage that glows…

…yellow in the ripening buds has more or less faded away to cream unlike Magnolia martinii which holds its ‘yellowness’ better but is out a month earlier in colder weather…

…‘Vanille Fraise’ by the fernery and in the shade have grown well and flower late in the season. The ‘ice cream’ colours are only just starting to show on some…