24th March

…‘Citation’ by Charles Puddle at Bodnant is somewhat obscure too, but there are no leads to link ‘Citation’ from Bodnant to Trewithen so it seems a mystery as to how…

10th February

…in the greenhouse which I photographed in the diary earlier in the year and I have sorted the muddle on the plan. ‘Hiraethlyn’ is a Bodnant hybrid from 1950. I…

13th May

…a similar Bodnant name. I am pretty sure Lord and Lady Aberconway gave this to my father one day when they visited Caerhays in the snow (and much to my…

5th June

…show and AGM. We have never won this cup before. It was created in 2016 and has been won by Bodnant and High Beeches. Magnolia rostrata at the Trewithen show…

16th June

…is a nice plant in the stock garden and I cannot see much difference with Carpenteria ‘Bodnant’ or Carpenteria ‘Elizabeth’ really. Flower size a bit and perhaps hardiness? Carpenteria californica…

22nd January

…productive. Camellia x williamsii ‘Hiraethlyn’ was bred at Bodnant and has a slightly elongated shape with just hints of pink on the outside and inside of the outer petals. Slightly…

20th January 1897- 2020

…Rhapidophyllum hystrix Rhapidophyllum hystrix Rhapidophyllum hystrix Unknown palm Unknown palm Unknown palm 2017 – CHW Rhododendron ‘Seta’ (moupinense x spinuliferum) is apparently a Bodnant hybrid. I had always thought it…