…scurry Marsdens sponsor the clay shoot trophies. Marsdens sponsor the clay shoot trophies A fair little crowd for the prize giving after the event. A fair little crowd Lizzie gets…

…from the bank opposite the front door. Volunteers Peter Bickford-Smith collecting the entries for the annual GWCT clay shoot here as he has done for 30 to 40 years (barring…

…annual GWCT Clay Shoot in the back yard. annual GWCT Clay Shoot annual GWCT Clay Shoot A virtually leafless Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’. If it survives there will be…

…in Cornwall. Mining tin and lithium in Cornwall Cornwall Seaweed Company. Cornwall Seaweed Company Fishing. Fishing Cornish Cream. Cornish Cream Cornish Apple Growing. Cornish Apple Growing China Clay. China Clay…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW The annual Game and Conservancy and Wildlife Trust clay shoot. Lizzie got the…

…you can see. Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ with few flowers this year. Planted 2006. Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ Cornus kousa ‘Samaritan’ looking…

…find all this to have been bonkers! Only the British public would have obeyed so readily. Just look at German and US protestors. China knows how to deal with them!…

…tree in a prime position in Kennel Close. Betula ‘China Rose’ Betula ‘China Rose’ Carpinus caroliniana (from Mexico) also still in full leaf like Carpinus japonica seen yesterday. Carpinus caroliniana…

…and exhibition at the beach end of the chine. Tearooms Tearooms Tearooms A little of the exhibition with a collection of clay pipes and roman coins dug up nearby exhibition…

…in the Rockery. Possibly killed by pheasant poults? Many sightings of adders this summer and several dogs bitten walking on the cliffs in Cornwall. At the GWCT clay shoot last…

…the racemes although it is nearly November. No other buddleia could match that. Buddleia lindleyana Buddleia lindleyana Buddleia lindleyana The two large clay pots beside the front door have plants…

…clay pot by the front door. Actually only one of the two here is out. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia japonica ‘Noblissima’…

…now. A week or 10 days later than usual? primroses Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ just showing colour in the Rockery. This plant spent a few years in a large clay…

Next Day > < Previous Day Return to Current Entries CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2020 – CHW Two separate garden tours today with Peter Clay…

…subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Quercus variabilis still with some leaves which are browning off. Quercus variabilis Last two flowers on Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’….

…later than this. Magnolia ‘Columbus’ Camellia japonica ‘China Doll’ laden with flowers. Camellia japonica ‘China Doll’ Camellia japonica ‘China Doll’ Magnolia x veitchii above the Green Gate. His was an…

…bahuiniflorum and Magnolia ‘Daphne’ and Rhododendron ‘Damaris’. Rhododendron bahuiniflorum The new growth on Quercus chapensis from seed grown by Margaret Miles from a conference in China in 2015. Gorgeous reddish-black…

…unnamed and, as yet, unidentified Keith Rushforth (10131) collected Photinia species from China. Striking undersides to the leaves. Photinia So we conclude:1. The two very ancient and huge ilex above…

…Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ A similarly confusing range of bark colours on Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis…

…‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ We left this old yew tree in the Isla Rose Plantation to try to grow climbing roses up it. Two failures so…