…catkins on the hazels are later this year. catkins 2022 – CHW My aunt Leo’s 80th birthday party today at The Vean with a garden tour for all the Clarke…

…flowers on his new magnolia cross which we hope to register and name next year as Magnolia ‘Leonora’ after my aunt whose 80th birthday it was when it first flowered….

…Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ x Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ (to be called ‘Leonora’ after my Aunt Leo). Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ x Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ x…

…90th birthday. Trewidden was lived in by my great aunt Mary after 1955 when Uncle Charles died. Today it is owned by Alverne Bolitho. Too filthy to venture into the…

…great aunt, Mary Williams, moved to Trewidden following the death of her husband, Rt Hon Charles Williams, in 1955. Elizabeth Bolitho worked at Caerhays for Mary and met her future…

…be as bankrupt as Greece. Stayed up most of the night drinking only water with Corbett. That is perhaps unbelievable too! 2016 – CHW Sheila Reeves-Smyth (Lizzie’s aunt and Alice’s…

…than a stand of foxgloves today and the second best spectacle in the garden. Burncoose stocks it and the variegated form called ‘Aunt May’. We had Cantua buxifolia on our…

…2015 – CHW The famous Needles. Isle of Wight – Needles 1974 – FJW Aunt May died. 1954 – CW Styrax have never been so good both Japonica and Wilsoni….

…Lyonia ovalifolia Lyonia ovalifolia 1940 – CW Aunt Charlotte to tea, she saw Eucryphia nymansensis at its best – pinnatifolia past but not over – cordifolia just coming to be…

…villosa var laevis 1943 – CW Fuchsias and lapagerias good. Very few auriculatum hybrids left – Yellowhammer picked a bunch for Aunt Charlotte. Three vases of Royal Flush in hall….

…achievements in restoring Boconnoc House to its former glory are immense. My Aunt Veryan worked there for several years helping organise events in the house. Not long ago I attended…

…and register this as Magnolia ‘Leonora’ after my aunt who had her 80th birthday last Friday. Registration will have to wait a year or two until we get a full…

…More change and ongoing rejuvenation. Two rows of camellias 1991 – FJW Frogs cavorting and spawning in Philips pond. MILD – snowdrops open.1977 – FJW Aunt Mary died.1968 – FJW…

…and Tom Hudson. When they come out I will do a review. Lindera obtusiloba Magnolia mollicomata ‘Mary Williams’ named after my Great Aunt Mary and registered in 1946 is full…