…Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ One year old and new female cones on Araucaria bidwillii. Araucaria bidwillii Styrax wilsonii is a shrubby species. Flowering much better than last year unlike other…

…paddock. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ is in tight bud on the lawn and in the paddock. Magnolia Charles Raffill is showing but not much. Magnolia sprengeri Diva ‘Burncoose’ Nothing even showing…

…the plant is still fighting to put on new growth. Dig it out or not? Wait a while I think. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ A very late form…

…View through the arch Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ has the first few flowers out by the arch. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ in the Auklandii Garden…

…Belle is too tender to grow in their winters but this is the first evidence here of a problem. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ More tidying up work on an old magnolia…

…‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ However, unlike the last two years, I think the plants know something about an impending cold spell which we do not. I see no magnolias…

…Diana’. Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’. Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’. Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’…

…tree. Not seen before. Carpinus laxiflora Carpinus laxiflora Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ – I do not quite get the name when it is so dark? Second flowering. Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Athrotaxus…

…from the drought. No sign of any colour yet on any of the deciduous oaks in Kennel Close which will be good later. Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’ Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’ 2021…

…minor cold. This has now been pruned out and the plant has recovered for now. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ 2019 – CHW Camellia sasanqua ‘Sugar Plum’ lives up…