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Floral Skypaper – the garden in August
Magnolia Felix Jury Not for us the refinement of declaring we garden for foliage and form. Give us floral extravaganza, we say, and August obliges. In the deciduous magnolias, it is the reds that...
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The magnolia and the mountain
Magnolia campbellii in our park and Mount Taranaki I prefer not to leave a negative post heading my home page for long (for an update on That Matter, refer to the last paragraph here), so here instead...
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All the reds
Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’August belongs to the red magnolias here. They start flowering in July for us but peak this month with September leaning more to the pinks, whites and yellows. While others may...
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A touch of Tikorangi around the world
We are generally accustomed to seeing Jury plants growing in different parts of the world, though sometimes it generates a special thrill. A UK friend sent this photo of Magnolia Felix Jury in bloom at...
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Mark’s story
* as told to The NZ Rhododendron, the annual journal of NZRA Council and Pukeiti Trust Boad. December 2017. Photos are mine. Mark could perhaps be described as having chlorophyll running in his veins....
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The magnoliafication of our local town
Our flagship magnolia, ‘Felix Jury’ Back in our nursery days, we used to send our reject plants down to be given away, sometimes sold for just a dollar or two, at a local op shop that a good friend was...
View ArticleSpring is in the air ♫ ♫ ♫
With the rush of spring, comes a rising sense of urgency. This anxiety has yet to afflict Mark but I am feeling it. Opening the garden at the end of October takes planning. I have no idea what...
View ArticleOf weather, early magnolias, possums and rats
We have long assumed that the chewing out of young buds which then open to distorted blooms can be attributed to the pesky possums that Mark wages war on all year round. We certainly could have done...
View Article“His Majesty The King’s Coronation Collection”
It is a well-known fact that King Charles 111 is a very keen gardener and has been for a long time. We received confirmation this week that Mark’s Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ was included in a collection of...
View ArticleMagnolia delight
I called in yesterday to ask their permission to share the photos and, with their usual generous spirit, they said ‘any time. Our garden is your garden’.... She commented that she thought the magnolias...
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