8th August

…– JCW Some R decorum, Auriculatum going over, several kinds of mountain rhodo’n show flowers. 10332 is the best. Buddleia veitchii is nearly over, the dark one is good. The…

17th July

…blue clump of mophead hydrangeas below the Magnolia x veitchii are nearly full out. They will get even bluer. hydrangeas hydrangeas 2019 – CHW A final trip to Ventnor Botanic’s…

2nd January

…now. Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ and a pinkish (unnamed) form of Camellia japonica near the tallest veitchii. Camellia japonica Another plant of Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ with the…

10th April

…cherries over, most not out. Still a flower on Green Gate Campbellii. Mag Veitchii just coming out. Denudata past its best, also Sargentiana and Mollicomata almost over. Daffs well past….

18th May

…many flowers open, the others are later. M brozzoni has been ladened with flowers. Mag veitchii had 18 flowers between the two plants, some of the blooms were very large….

1st January

…mucronulatum above the two Magnolia veitchii shows up nicely. A darker and larger flower, I think, than the other two clumps photographed here recently. We now have five separate groups…

24th April

…below the Magnolia x veitchii. Magnolia cylindrica Magnolia cylindrica Stachyurus praecox ‘Magpie’ has attractive yellow and green variegated foliage but the flower is not bad today in the sunlight. A…

25th April

…– FJW Mag veitchii nearly over. Rain has come after a hot week. Nitida in flower for first time since my arrival here. Michelias magnificent. Few flowers on Sinogrande –…

5th March

…the Eisenhut reference book. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ – another Gresham. These are all M. x soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’ x M. x veitchii ‘Rubra’ hybrids. Magnolia…

17th April

…good – also large Lacteum Rho very good and Sinogrande. Daffodils largely over. Two fuschias showing flower, one Mrs Pople out. Pink magnolias over Veitchii been very fine. Also Sargenteanum…