Magnolia Diary number 7, 26 August 2009
Click on the Magnolia diary logo above to see all diary entries A short but fierce storm last night was a good reminder why we value firmer flowers and thicker petals in our magnolias. Nothing floppy...
View ArticleMagnolia Diary number 8, 29 August 2009
Click on the Magnolia diary logo above to see all diary entries Mark Jury in full flower Back in the 1950s when Felix Jury was establishing the garden here, one of the plants he coveted was Magnolia...
View ArticleFlowering this week – Magnolia Iolanthe
Iolanthe - unsurpassed this week Yes, I admit it we are rather dominated by magnolias at the moment but at this time of the year we live and breathe them and the current all-round-simply-astounding...
View ArticleMagnolia Diary 11, 9 September 2009
Click on the Magnolia diary logo above to see all diary entries Magnolia Serene, the last of Felix's selections to flower each season Our magic spring has continued with no wind. A magnolia flowering...
View ArticleMagnolia Diary 14, February 19, 2010
Click on the Magnolia diary logo above to see all diary entries Magnolia alba - hardly spectacular flowers but an intoxicating fragance In our southern hemisphere summer, Michelia alba is in flower....
View ArticleTikorangi Notes: Friday 23 September, 2011
Looking a little like a froth of pink candy floss this week - our magnificent Iolanthe (again) Latest posts: Friday 23 September, 2011 1) Tropaeolum tricolorum, a distinctly refined member of the...
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