…to find it is Magnolia ‘Red Lion’. Our largest plant on Bond Street was out and over three weeks ago. Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ First flowers on another Magnolia lilliiflora ‘Holland…

…Magnolia ‘Raven’ Magnolia ‘Raven’ Magnolia ‘Raven’ Cercis canadensis ‘Appalacian Red’ covered in flower properly for the first time. A good hot sunny place which it likes. Cercis canadensis ‘Appalacian Red’…

…Ririei Opening. 2019 – CHW Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ is starting to come out by Georges Hut. A very good red indeed and a Caerhays hybrid. About its normal flowering time….

…with their autumn colour. Azalea ‘Koster’s Brilliant Red’ Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Azalea ‘Koster’s Brilliant Red’ not bad either. Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Azalea ‘Koster’s Brilliant Red’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’…

…up on Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ Camellia lutchuensis just coming out but no scent in the winds today. Camellia lutchuensis Camellia pitardii with its first flowers out for…

…sprengeri ‘Elongata’ First colour on Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ – a sister seedling to ‘Star Wars’ and a better colour I suspect. Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ The magnolia above…

…worth propagating. Podocarpus ‘Chameleon’ Podocarpus ‘Chocolate Box’ is a rockery plant really. Two casualties out of five planted. Podocarpus ‘Chocolate Box’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ doing little red or emberish at…

…around the Rockery now full out. Camellia x williamsii ‘J.C. Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ with a fair showing for late November! Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ The largest Gingko has yet to…

…ago as part of a clump. The tree rings show very different growth rates in different years. Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ This is, I think,…

…flowers than the front but much darker overall than the other two. Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ Also out today was the new Hamamelis x intermedia…