…a x loebneri form. Another naming puzzle. </div. Magnolia ‘Pink Perfection’ Magnolia ‘Pink Perfection’ Camellia japonica ‘Bob’s Tinsie’ which is a smaller flower than ‘Anemoniflora’. Camellia japonica ‘Bob’s Tinsie’ Camellia…

…to the Covent Garden market and still does today. The hope was that by growing more named varieties of camellia a new market could be opened up for the sale…

…a Daphne bholua outside the front door early this morning. No wonder they are such hopeless mothers laying randomly like this rather than in a proper nest. egg in a…

…down and died. The other missing plants may have been killed off when those around them pinched all the light. Camellia ‘Julia Hamiter’ Camellia ‘Julia Hamiter’ Camellia ‘Bob’s Tinsie’ Camellia…

…they were bust. Needless to say, the Bank of England did not bail them all out. I hope the reaction to demands for City bonuses is to be treated in…

…Then a month to furnish and ready to let mid to late May for the first visitors we hope. 2017 – CHW Blink or sit in meetings for a day…

…equipment. St Austell boy scouts St Austell boy scouts Here Bob Thornton receives a similar cheque on behalf of the St Goran Community Land Trust. St Goran Community Land Trust…

…well as Bob with the tractor to try and extract himself. Not a good time to be visiting the site! Frankie has got stuck Frankie has got stuck Frankie has…

…we hope to feature. This year has seen a warm, mild, and frost free spring so the plants in our show tunnel are perhaps two to three weeks more advanced…

…Wilson 50 azalea puzzle from Polly Cooke. This may be Azalea ‘Tamafuyo’ (No.23) or it may be Azalea ‘Gosho Zakura’ (No.46). Hopefully this irregular faint pink flecking on the flowers…

…five year repainting cycle on the estate. Inevitably woodwork repairs have to precede painting so the hope is that part of our maintenance team may soon decide to come back…

…‘Pink Flush’ Pinus ponderosa completely ringbarked by a roe deer. The wire netting surround was not tall enough. I hope we have not recently removed too many wires on young…

…a plant or two well out. Erica codonodes and darleyense show flower and so does Bob’s heath here and at Werrington, it is very nice and white. 1906 – JCW…

…Some Poets are open, several Erica australis half open. The Arboreums about mid season. Anemone alpinia at their best. Many reticulatas open. 1907 – JCW Bob saw the first martins….

…– JCW Isceuticum, Roxieanum, a new Irroratum and Martinianum all should flower for the first time this week. 1915 – JCW Bob came in from France for two days. Frost…

…two years: Persea indica (BSWJ 12535) – another new and hopefully hardy species. Persea indica (BSWJ 12535) Quercus chapensis – seed from the 2015 oak conference in China and gifted…

…the road has been removed by Bob with the telehandler. We now look forward to the restricted parking and no parking signs which have finally been approved by Cornwall Council…

…at last, scheduled to take place soon. Met with Bob Fletcher and Johnny from KPK in the pouring rain and wind. new roof Prunus ‘Shirotae’ just turning colour but recent…

…take some home. Father has been mad keen to get it’. (Bob’s entry in his diary of his finding the white Erica australis). 1911 – JCW Clematis cirrhosa is good,…

…in woodland streams. I think Bob Lees was there in 1982 and he was interested in this rarely recorded group. However there was a record of Dischloridium laeense which grows…