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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Giles on April 10, 2010, 02:07:35 PM

Title: Batsford Arboretum.
Post by: Giles on April 10, 2010, 02:07:35 PM: Batsford Arboretum is near Moreton-in-Marsh.
General Views.
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Post by: Giles on April 10, 2010, 02:08:52 PM: Magnolia 'Caerhays Belle'
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Post by: Giles on April 10, 2010, 02:10:20 PM: Magnolias-
'Iolanthe'
'Mark Jury'
Peter Veitch'
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Post by: Giles on April 10, 2010, 02:12:08 PM: Magnolia dawsoniana
Magnolia campbellii
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Post by: Ragged Robin on April 10, 2010, 05:37:44 PM: Giles, what lovely Magnolia at Batsford Arboretum you have caught in that light:

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Magnolia dawsoniana
Magnolia campbellii

are particularly gracious - what luck that there is no morning frost :)
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Post by: Maggi Young on April 10, 2010, 09:29:35 PM: Now then, what drew Giles to visit this place? Oh, the magnolias..... right! 8)
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Post by: Giles on April 10, 2010, 09:48:41 PM: .........it's only half-an-hour away.........
.............................(and you can get tea and cake ;) )
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Post by: Maggi Young on April 10, 2010, 09:52:09 PM: A perfect recommendation for any visit, Giles! :D :)
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Post by: Onion on April 11, 2010, 10:46:36 AM: Quote from: Giles on April 10, 2010, 02:08:52 PM
Magnolia 'Caerhays Belle'

Giles,

is this a M. campbelli-cultivar?
Asking because M. campbellii is not hard enough for the area. Do you know a good and hard cultivar can try here?
Title: Re: Batsford Arboretum.
Post by: Giles on April 11, 2010, 11:52:25 AM: Uli,
'Caerhays Belle' = M.sargentiana var. robusta x M. sprengeri 'Diva'
(if that helps)

I planted M.campbellii (Raffillii Group) 'Charles Raffill' in my own garden last year, and it suffered no damage (lowest temp last Winter here, -18C)
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Post by: Onion on April 11, 2010, 12:57:19 PM: Giles,

good news for the 'Caerhays Belle'. M. sprengeri 'Diva' and M. sargentaina var. robusta hard enough.
Must look for a 'Charles Raffill'. We had only -15 C last winter.
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Post by: Giles on May 29, 2010, 10:45:18 PM: Davidia involucrata at it's best today.
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Post by: FrazerHenderson on June 26, 2010, 01:15:34 PM: Co-incidentally the July issue of The Garden carries a short report (pg451) on expansion plans at the arboretum - with new visitor and plant centre, shop and restaurant to open in spring 2011, together with additional 3ha for more Japanese flowering cherries (National Collection) and acers.