28th July

…to it the first flowers on Crinum powellii. Crinum powellii 2018 – CHW Following the visit to Tregrehan earlier this week I had promised to compare photographs of our two…

27th July

…damage and looking slightly scruffy. The flowers are never quite all out together. Crinum powellii Crinum powellii Crinum powellii Crassula coccinea full out. Rather better than the species which we…

8th July

…now in full flower. Viburnum betulifolium Viburnum betulifolium The first Crinum powellii (crinum lily) is out but the slugs have got there first despite the hot weather. The leaves are…

27th November

…a C. parvilimba. Camellia costei The clump of Crinum x powellii by the greenhouse has died down quickly this year. It has been here for my entire lifetime. Crinum x…

3rd July

…this sub shrub is capable of achieving this sort of height. Phygelius Phygelius Crinum powellii The Crinum powellii leaves have been untroubled by slugs but no flowers yet. Myrtus communis…

12th July

…yet at Burncoose behind the rockery. Chusquea gigantea Back here the first Crinum powellii (pink) is out on the top wall. Crinum powellii Beside it a very dark form of…

9th August

…Magnolia kobus Fruits forming on Malus ‘Jelly King’ but nothing like the crop last year. Malus ‘Jelly King’ An excellent show on Crinum powellii with Brock deciding if he wants…

11th August

…one rather pathetic flower. Magnolia campbellii ‘Copeland Court’ 2022 – CHW Crinum powellii full out by the playhouse. Crinum powellii Tertiary small flowers on the adjacent Wisteria. Wisteria Wisteria Hydrangea…

15th August

…x (M. laevifolia x M. maudiae) Buddleja limitanea in flower. Buddleja limitanea Crinum x powellii ‘Album’ flowering its heart out beside the greenhouse. Crinum x powellii ‘Album’ 2022 – CHW…

14th July

…wedding today. Flower arrangements outside the front door. Crinum powellii and hydrangea. Shasta daisies and Meadowsweet. Flower arrangements Flower arrangements The flag flies for the Colonel, who has brought a…

18th September

…has grown well in a year and is flowering attractively. A wonderful border shrub with crinum or crocosmia. Heptacodium miconoides Heptacodium miconoides Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Phantom’ is still out above Red…