Magnolia sprengeri 'Diva' 24/11 Restock well-drained sandy spot until finally

well-drained sandy spot until finally removed

and Lantana camara 'Miss Huff' is one of those happy accidents

thread-like foliage and covered through the long weeks of summer in small

and easily kept neat with a shear after flowering

keep the ground from drying out

Magnolia sprengeri 'Diva' 24/11 Restock well-drained sandy spot until finallyMagnolia sprengeri 'Diva' is the aristocrat of the pink magnolias, a large, rare deciduous tree from the mountains of western China that smothers itself in spring with big, saucer shaped flowers of deep rose pink, sweetly fragrant and opening on bare branches before the leaves. Six to eight inches across and carried in abundance, the blooms make one of the most breathtaking sights in the early garden, yet the tree remains surprisingly little known in