28th February

…Badger damage Magnolia campbellii ‘Charles Raffill’ over the ruin. Magnolia campbellii ‘Charles Raffill’ The new swimming pool and extension to the house. swimming pool A Trachycarpus fortunei given many years…

23rd March 1897 – 2020

…lower branches. younger Magnolia ‘J C Williams’ A young Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ is coming out. Very similar to Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ I think. Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Another…

9th March

…Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia ‘Chyverton Red’ and Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’. Magnolia ‘Chyverton Red’ and Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ and Magnolia campbelli ‘Charles Raffill’. Magnolia…

15th March

…‘Italiana Vera’ – a ‘new’ one bought from Stervinou nurseries in France. Camellia ‘Italiana Vera’ Slightly battered Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’. Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Last shots of a perfect Magnolia ‘Philip…

16th March

‘Charles Raffill’ on the drive. Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Acer negundo var. violaceum in full flower. Acer negundo var. violaceum Acer negundo var. violaceum Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Caerhays Surprise’….

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…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…

12th February 1897 – 2020

…is half out on the lawn but very little in the paddock. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ is in tight bud on the lawn and in the paddock. Magnolia Charles Raffill is…

14th March

…Sensation Mr Julian and Betty Jessel Magnolia Mr Julian and Caerhays Splendour Magnolia Margaret Helen Magnolia Charles Raffill Magnolia Caerhays Surprise Magnolia Apollo Magnolia Apollo Magnolia Display of x_williamsii camellias…

28th April

…when 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…

3rd July

…in 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…

22nd May

…Tulbaghia cominsii ‘Fancy Pants’ Tulbaghia cominsii ‘Fancy Pants’ Narcissus ‘King Charles’. Narcissus ‘King Charles’ 2023 – CHW The Chelsea stand takes shape. The Chelsea stand takes shape The Chelsea stand…

24th April

…by Sally 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

16th February

…Thanks. CharlesFrom: Gary Long Sent: 08 February 2021 16:20 To: Charles Williams PA Subject: RE: Ilex puzzle Afternoon It was good to hear what others were doing, helps us feel…

1st April

…I have seen. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ is now coming out properly with only a few premature windblown flowers frosted. The start…

7th April

…(S. holocarpa itself perhaps) which need removing. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ The pure white Camellia reticulata. Camellia reticulata Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’. With the death of the older plant near…

26th April

…Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ One of Dad’s hybrids (unnamed) Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ x Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’. This one (in a group of three) very nearly ‘Charles Michael’ which had died out…

30th May

…Coates’ full out on the Burncoose drive nearby (Magnolia sieboldii x Magnolia tripetala). Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ My sister in law and niece line up…

16th July

…a bit too small for it to be the true species. Perhaps Magnolia ‘Ralph’ or ‘Charles Coates’? Not quite like the M. ‘Charles Coates’ at Burncoose in flower form (more…

27th March 1897 – 2020

…japonica. The latter is more popular today with the public but undeservedly so. It flowers much later than the Dr too. Camellia ‘Miss Charleston’ Camellia ‘Miss Charleston’ Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir…

19th November

…the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In 2008 Charles Williams, the current owner of Caerhays, met Courtenay Smale, a retired mining engineer and former President of the Royal Geological…