8th November

…King’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Everards’s Delight’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Everards’s Delight’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Everards’s Delight’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Everards’s Delight’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Little Liane’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Little Liane’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise…

17th November

…Lien’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ “Maiden’s Blush” “Maiden’s Blush” “Maiden’s Blush” “Everards’s Delight” – a Loder bred variety “Everards’s Delight” “Everards’s Delight” ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Slim and Trim’…

12th May 1897 – 2020

…clump to a name it is Azalea ‘Pink Delight’. Azalea ‘Pink Delight’ Azalea ‘Pink Delight’ We once grew a glade of big leaf rhodods tucked away here in shade at…

16th August

…Castle which dates from the 1430s. West Harlsey Castle West Harlsey Castle West Harlsey Castle Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ beside the castle remains. Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ 2020 –…

15th June

…‘Winton’ full out in the nursery as it is at Caerhays. Viburnum x hillieri ‘Winton’ Passiflora ‘Damsel’s Delight’ not that different from P. caerulea but nice enough. Passiflora ‘Damsel’s Delight’…

13th August

…and well managed as always.Eucomis bicolor and Phormium ‘Cream Delight’. Eucomis bicolor and Phormium ‘Cream Delight’ Eucomis bicolor and Persicaria milletii ‘Aurea’. Eucomis bicolor and Persicaria milletii ‘Aurea’ Lilium superbum…

5th March 1897 – 2020

…woodland valley garden. The dark one may well be ‘Bishop Michael’. Magnolias Magnolias Magnolias Camellia ‘Fairy Wand’ Camellia ‘Fairy Wand’ Cotoneaster floccosus with berries. Cotoneaster floccosus Cotoneaster floccosus Cotoneaster floccosus…

21st March

…this same plant has rather darker flowers and was out a month earlier. Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ I said earlier in March that the primroses outside the front door were…

15th July

…the top wall Dierama pulcherrimum in full flower. Some flowers are very dark and some have unusual and different striping. The dark flowers are Dierama pulcherrimum ‘Blackbird’ but I have…

22nd June 1897 – 2020

…still in tight bud in Kennel Close. Escallonia tucumanensis is a gorgeous species from Argentina. Its drooping panicles of flowers are a delight. Asia should propagate lots! I suspect it…

31st July

dark Dierama by the Old Playhouse. Dierama Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ – the first flower to come out now turning pinkish. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ Clethra peleoletii (FMWJ 13401)…

30th May 1897 – 2020

…auklandii x thompsonii cross. old red rhodo old red rhodo Rhododendron ‘Conroy’ is a delight but very tender and we have lost two groups of this at Burncoose. Actually this…

16th March 1897 – 2020

…‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ is not as dark as one might have expected but still a huge flower. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia…

The Garden at Caerhays

…all have a mission here to continue to manage one of the National Collection of Magnolias and can now delight in enjoying them with you. C H Williams April 2016…

19th June

…several different colours and not all come out at once. At this time of the year a late delight. Azalea indica The multi stemmed Cordyline australis outside the front door…

23rd August

…away with delight. knapweed knapweed knapweed Hedychium coronarium are now full out on the top wall. I may have called this by other names in years gone by but H….

7th September

…tashiroi from Crug Farm in 2013. To my surprise and considerable delight this was in full flower today. The flowers are beautifully scented with the calyxes and outer petals tinged…

21st September

…chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ already plastered with ripe ‘strawberry’ fruits. We must have got on top of the squirrels as they delight in these and I once saw a dozen stripping…

5th October

…timidissinoda Chimonobambusa timidissinoda Chimonobambusa timidissinoda Fargesia rufa (spankers’ delight) Fargesia rufa Fargesia rufa Fargesia rufa Fargesia utilis (make your own mind up) Fargesia utilis Fargesia utilis Fargesia utilis Fargesia utilis…

21st November

…CHW We planted this Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ deliberately in a main drain overflow from the drive. These trees delight in growing in boggy waterlogged situations as here. Metasequoia glyptostroboides…