Next Day > < Previous Day We stay in B&B at Bantry House in Bantry. A huge pile in a terribly Irish state of dilapidation. Bantry House Bantry House Box…

…battered. Acer laevigata Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’ I think. I had guessed ‘Kitty’ but was wrong. Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’ Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’ Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’ A couple more undersized and blown…

…‘Veryan Bay’ very fine on the Burncoose drive. Our old plants have are nearly dead and need starting again. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ A large oak branch has…

…in flower colours. Rhododendron montroseanum Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ and Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ and Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ and Rhododendron davidsonianum. Rhododendron loderi…

…waist level for ages. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Afrocarpus falcatus with a crop of blue-green new growth (Podocarpus falcatus). Afrocarpus falcatus Afrocarpus falcatus Magnolia x…

…some trip with Philippa driving the whole way and Huw in Bantry hospital for 24 hours to add to the drama and gardening excitement. Now home via Fishguard and Monmouth…

…Sorbus coloneura Lindera umbellata in flower. Not that exciting! Lindera umbellata 2018 – CHW Day two of the Irish trip with a visit to Bantry House and Illnacullen Island. We…

…old plants of Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ nearing their last ‘hurrah’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ First flowering here of Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ which I first saw in the Valley…

…Rhododendron ‘Saint Tudy’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’. These plants are 12-15ft high, over-mature and on their last legs. Propagation urgent of this valuable Caerhays hybrid. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’…

…in Kennel Close by the east wind. bay hedge bay hedge Abies delavayi with sappy white new growth shoots. Abies delavayi Abies delavayi Sorbus aff. ligustrifolium flowering for the first…

…mist and drizzle.Our landscape team finally finished working at 6.30pm on Wednesday at the Carbis Bay Hotel. A project which they started in January! Boris and Carrie arrived just before…

…x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ hedge is also just out high up. Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ is now near the end of its life at 12ft or…

…2020 – CHW Yesterday at Burncoose where renovation work is progressing well.The new trade order loading and unloading bay. bay renovation work The herbaceous tunnel looks fantastic. herbaceous tunnel Wonderful…

…spring when still dormant. magnolia seedlings A good saleable crop of Euonymus moupinensis for the nursery. Euonymus moupinensis Asia has rooted cuttings of Tom’s peculiar narrow leafed bay tree which…

…panel 2015 – CHW These are the wonderful coloured cliffs at Alum Bay. Alum Bay, Isle of Wight 2003 – FJW (Handwritten note attached to Garden Book page) Quercus turneri,…

…not yet sure if anything has germinated. Manglietia/Magnolia sapaensis 2021 – CHW The G7 leaders leave St Ives this evening. The owner of the Carbis Bay Hotel, for whom our…

…outside the back yard nearly over before Chelsea. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron zaleucum still flowering a little after its haircut last winter. Rhododendron zaleucum Then…

…its huge flowers. Rhododendron ‘Mi Amor’ Rhododendron zaleucum. Rhododendron zaleucum The last show on the nearly dead Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Magnolia ‘Daphne’ now at its best. Magnolia…

…Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ in flower. Jaimie cut down half of it last autumn and what is left is leggy and sick. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ New leaves appearing on Carpinus turczaninowii…

…an attractive flower for a bay laurel. Laurus azorica Laurus azorica Daphniphyllum macropodum var. humile with yellowish new growth and red buds showing. Daphniphyllum macropodum var. humile Daphniphyllum macropodum var….