Contributors to the Garden Diary

…or read ‘Caerhays Castle’ by Charles Williams published by Pasticcio in 2011. CHW 2015- Charles H Williams Charles the current owner and curator of Caerhays Gardens and lives in the…

28th February

…then propagating to make it widely available. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Charles Raffill’ equally good. Magnolia campbellii ‘Charles Raffill’ The revamped conservatory which is now water…

23rd March

‘Charles Raffill’ is coming out. Very similar to Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ I think. Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Another young Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ with its first ever flower. Magnolia…

28th April

…we dream it up but something for the rhodo members to enjoy anyway. Planted here in 2005. Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ This all…

9th March

…‘Vulcan’ and Magnolia campbelli ‘Charles Raffill’. Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ and Magnolia campbelli ‘Charles Raffill’ Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ has a dwarfish habit. Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ The view over the…

24th April

…about gifts of cuttings by Caerhays in the 1960s to Japan and America. These would be absolutely prohibited today.From: Sally Hayward Sent: 22 April 2020 12:16 To: Charles Williams PA…

3rd July

…the Daily Telegraph (4 May( about Charles Williams and Caerhays has coincided with my revisiting our family history, and I have recently found two photos of Tommy Michael, who I…

15th March

Raffill’. Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Last shots of a perfect Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’. Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Rhododendron arboreum ssp. zaylanicum (?) tucked away in the former nursery bed…

1st April

…chinensis Some good young plants of Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ with their first flowers at least that I have seen. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles

16th February

…nowadays we think. forrestii = kingiana nowadays. Hope you can enlighten or extend the puzzle! Thanks. CharlesFrom: Gary Long Sent: 08 February 2021 16:20 To: Charles Williams PA Subject: RE:…