8th April

…Amelanchier lamarkii Amelanchier lamarkii Syringa pinnatifolia out much earlier than ours. Syringa pinnatifolia Syringa pinnatifolia Choisya ‘Aztec Pearl’ – a shy flowerer with us in the nursery. Choisya ‘Aztec Pearl’…

2nd August

…in July? Odd. Loropetalum chinensis var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ Loropetalum chinensis var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ Indigofera howellii has a very dark pink flower – almost reddish. Indigofera howellii 2023 – CHW Quinces…

25th October

Pearl’ Symphoricarpos x doorenbossii ‘Mother of Pearl’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ just out into fine flower. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia x vernalis…

9th April

…Crimson’ Azalea ‘Hino Crimson’ Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron macabeanum Pieris ‘White Pearl’ Pieris ‘White Pearl’ If you want to see other nice things at the show click here. 2018 – CHW…

15th May

…The last of the Zealanicum is at its best. 1916 – JCW About half the Azaleas are open. Pink Pearl just open. No May yet. Sappho x Auklandii is very…

18th November

…turning nicely. Ginkgo Franklinia alatamaha has amazing autumn colour. Franklinia alatamaha Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ now full out. Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ Next year’s crop of herbaceous plants…

24th December

…‘Pink Pearl’. Rhododendron ‘Pink Pearl’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ putting on a good show on time this year. Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ Another of Jaimie’s unnamed…

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…japonica ‘Grace Abviton’ Camellia japonica ‘Grace Abviton’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Pearl’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Pearl’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Tregrehan’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Tregrehan’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mimosa Jury’ Camellia x…

18th May

…very good. Yunnanense x Roylei mostly open. Augustinii gone. White and Pink Pearl good as far as they know how. Coombe Royal hybrids very good. Azaleas are very good. 1901…

31st May

…– JCW Leave for London tomorrow, a little outside seed picked and all under glass. Pink Pearl going over. Iris germanica over, moving a good few bulbs. Granite soil came…

21st November

…nobleanum First two flowers on Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’. Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’ Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ now full out. 2023 – CHW Something approaching autumn colour on Nyssa sinensis. Nyssa…

16th December

…Flowers on the white C japonica Dutch Pearl shows colour. 1927 – JCW A good few lapagerias flowers, several Rho sulfureum and lutescens, and then odds and ends of rhodo’n….

27th December

…very good. Double white Dutch Pearl open and the old camellia. 1925 – JCW H mollis fairly good but not really out. White camellia fair. Mucronulatum is poor and is…

31st December

…darleyense V.G and a few Primula Forrestii just show flowers. Caucasicums fair. Dutch Pearl opening. Mucronulatum moderate. 1917 – JCW Much as in 1910 excepting Keysii, but it is very…

15th January 1897- 2020

…nobleanum, R barbatum, R moupinense, Thomsonii x a blood red, R oleifolium, R lutescens, R chrysanthum and a bit of Pearl. The snowdrops, coums and aconites are fair, no daffodils…