Batsford Arboretum.

[Giles]

Batsford Arboretum is near Moreton-in-Marsh.
General Views.

[Giles]

Magnolia 'Caerhays Belle'

[Giles]

Magnolias-
'Iolanthe'
'Mark Jury'
Peter Veitch'

[Giles]

Magnolia dawsoniana
Magnolia campbellii

[Ragged Robin]

Giles, what lovely Magnolia at Batsford Arboretum you have caught in that light:

Magnolia dawsoniana
Magnolia campbellii

are particularly gracious - what luck that there is no morning frost 

[Maggi Young]

Now then, what drew Giles to visit this place? Oh, the magnolias..... right!

[Giles]

.........it's only half-an-hour away.........
.............................(and you can get tea and cake  )

[Maggi Young]

A perfect recommendation for any visit, Giles!   

[Onion]

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?

[Giles]

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)

[Onion]

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.

[Giles]

Davidia involucrata at it's best today.

[FrazerHenderson]

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.