…regrowth near the top of the tree in the drought. Euphorbia stygiana Euphorbia stygiana This elderly Magnolia sieboldii has died in the drought. Thirty to forty years old I think…

…Magnolia sieboldii doing the same. I presume the wet summer has led to exceptional extra new growth and we are really seeing next spring’s flowers? Magnolia wilsonii </div? Magnolia wilsonii…

…obovata x M. globosa? while the former is a cross between M. sieboldii and M. tripetala x M. obovata. I doubt there is much globosa in ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia ‘Summer…

…Enkianthus cernuus recurvatus Enkianthus cernuus recurvatus Pittosporum heterophyllum with flower buds. Pittosporum heterophyllum Early flowers on the record tree Magnolia sinensis (now not M. sieboldii var. sinensis but a species…

…the Main Path is a smallish plant of Magnolia wilsonii. Same coloured stamens but quite different in shape from Magnolia sieboldii sinensis. Not a very healthy plant. Magnolia ‘Pride of…

…to propagate for the future. It looks like a cross between Magnolia obovata and Magnolia sieboldii but with a much larger flower than M. ‘Summer Solstice’. Still a bit shy…

…Jaimie has cut down the pittosporum next to the dead Magnolia sieboldii. With the stumps gone this will make a sheltered planting plot and, more importantly, allow our largest Michelia…

…Magnolia macrophylla – Mag sieboldii. Camellia mathotiana alba in two places flower vase worthy. A good soak yesterday. 1986 – FJW The heaviest 24 hrs of rain I have seen…

…worth I think the current orthodoxy of placing sinensis as a subspecies of sieboldii is a nonsense – there are at least 7 significant differences and there is a strong…

…Moulin Rouge Rhus Tiger Eyese large Ribes speciosum x 3 Sophora Dragon’s Gold Sorbaria Sem x 3 Viburnum cinnamomifolium Viburnum sieboldiiFrank Matthews Prunus x per Spring Glow 125cm + bare-root…