9th December

‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Carpinus kawakamii proving yet again that it is an evergreen species with us. Reddish new growth…

10th December

…but the frost may well get them. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ 2021 – CHW The electrics are finally attached to the new incinerator at the farm which has…

20th February

…decent day it seems for weeks.Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ has shed in the wind but still plenty of flower left on the bush. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Likewise under Camellia reticulata ‘Mary…

8th April

…visit to Cornish Lithium A good Monkey Puzzle at the entrance of the Innovation Centre on the campus of Falmouth University. visit to Cornish Lithium The Cornish Lithium site at…

27th November

…are out. Nothing on the others. ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ is usually a fortnight earlier than ‘Cornish Snow’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia taliensis flowers largely blown…

29th November

…that this is not just Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ but ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ or ‘Michael’ (after Charlie Michael the head gardener here until 1956). ‘Michael’, they say, is a larger /…

23rd May

…last year. While we have been away there seems to have been a car rally by the ‘Proper Cornish Cruisers’. Proper Cornish Cruisers Proper Cornish Cruisers Proper Cornish Cruisers Proper…

19th December

…the petals. The ‘Michael’ refers to Charles Michael who bred this cross and was Head Gardener here until 1955, (C. cuspidata x C, saluenensis) Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’…

14th January

…x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ with its early flowers hidden inside the bush. Earlier than usual. Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ 2022…

5th October

…Ashworth’s Rhododendron ‘Cornish loderi’ Mary Ashworth’s Rhododendron ‘Cornish loderi’ Mary Ashworth’s Rhododendron ‘Cornish loderi’ I mentioned how squirrels have recently killed a mature nothofagus and nearly also a mature aesculus….