30th July

…crimson flowers and is probably a hybrid of Cestrum elegans. The foliage is different though. Cestrum elegans Cestrum elegans Cestrum elegans Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Glow’ is probably sufficiently different and bicolor…

9th June

…in a spreading clump on the top wall. Are these flowers ‘bright red’ or ‘crimson’. I would say the former. Cestrum fasciculatum Cestrum fasciculatum Cestrum fasciculatum Philadelphus pekinensis with faintly…

6th January

…bit different in colour to ours which is certainly not out today. I will check to see if the buds are obvious yet. Cestrum elegans Cestrum elegans Also at Heligan…

11th May

…we saw recently, is too ancient to have produced any seed for years. Meliosma alba Meliosma alba Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’ Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Jersey Belle’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Jersey…

15th April

…a new one to us but clearly in the ‘Peachy’/’Daybreak’ category. Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ Cestrum ‘Newellii’ full out in flower in the nursery. Cestrum ‘Newellii’ Rhododendron williamsianum…

11th October

…rhetinodes Cestrum nocturnum scenting the greenhouse. Cestrum nocturnum Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ covered in flower. Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’ with autumn colour and still a few late…

12th June

…gift from Martin Rix and Peter Moore. Deutzia calycosa Deutzia calycosa Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose and Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’. Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose Viburnum wrightii. Viburnum wrightii Viburnum betulifolium ‘Hohuanshan’…