…robusta is very sparse indeed and Magnolia mollicomata has virtually no buds at all. These three trees are some of the best displays in the garden but were in the…

…fine. Echium pinnifolium 2000 – FJW Dry January – light frost for 10 nights. Camellias good, no sign of Magnolias.1994 – FJW Four flowers on – Mollicomata/ Robusta hybrid near…

…the garden. 1946 – CW Truro Show – shrubs good also Camellias. Rhododendrons poor, partly a bad year for flower. Magnolia dawsoniana, S Robusta nearly over also Mollicomata. Sargentiana almost…

…the best autumn colour of anything in the garden today. Again a 1991 planting to replace a grafted M sargentiana robusta which grew and died here. The kalopanax must be…

…one now over. Pretty but not yet anywhere near as good as Hydrangea aspera ’Robusta’. Hydrangea aspera kawakamii ‘Formosa’ Hydrangea aspera kawakamii ‘Formosa’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Gireoudii’ laden with fruits on…

…seeing this species fruiting before but have seen the flowers. Fruits have already fallen. Sorbus cyclophylla Vitex agnus castus from a distance – now full out. Hydrangea aspera ‘Robusta’ the…

…good for garden – in recompense for winter. Magnolia mollicomata (Ririei opening) and Robusta (new Bo-Peep) overseeded very badly. Strong roots on Stellata cuttings in mist in 5 weeks. Cuttings…

…didn’t reshoot at all. Osmanthus yunnanensis Some seed heads on Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta but not nearly as many as last year which looks well for budding for next spring….

…gnawed as you can see. magnolias magnolias Greenish lizards under the agave plantation. lizards Agave americana in flower at 25ft in front of Washingtonia robusta. Agave americana Several Fucraea longaeva…

…good. Laurel hedge behind Doltsopa and old Robusta have been cut back as has been hedge by Rogers Quarry. 1938 – JCW Megacalyx giving a lot of flowers. Smellies just…

…FJW The best new thing has been the Diva x Robusta above the Stables. The Mollicomata x nigra is ordinary but precocious to flower so young. The Dalhousiae hybs. not…

…on young magnolias. Big Robusta one at Donkey Shoe V.G. Saw Julians unknown plant above crino hedge, ‘he thought a Mag perhaps’, only a Reticulata with leaves blown off. Not…

…Diva seedling in O.P, white Robusta, dark red Pieris and Charles Michael. 1960 – FJW First cuttings taken out of electric frame – 57 Cam ‘Caerhays’ out of 52 put…

…robusta. One might have expected a darker colour as I have commented before. Magnolia ‘Blood Moon’ Full out in Old Park is an elderly Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata. A seedling…

…of the wood where the paths meet. Nice enough again but just a goodish form of M. sargentiana var. robusta in my view. Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’ Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood…

…the tree surgeon finally removes the dying turkey oak which threatens to hit the record sized Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta as you can see here. area of new planting area…

…find Donkey Shoe Robusta full out. Flowers also on Michelia by Georges Hut. Sutchuenense in 40 Acres very good. 1947 – CW Returned early. Most snow gone but Church Hill…