13th January

…armandii Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ with Cytisus ‘Porlock’ (Genista ‘Porlock’). Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ with Cytisus ‘Porlock’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ at…

28th December

…add to the Tregothnan national collection of sasanquas. They have x vernalis but not ‘Dawn’. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ We made a…

1st November

…stellata on the lawn is covered in bud. Magnolia stellata Camellia vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) not out yet but full of bud. Camellia vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) Cytisus ‘Porlock’ in full flower…

18th January

…it comes into full flower at the top of the bush and the lower flowers start to drop. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ The 124 year old…

12th February 1897 – 2020

…Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Clematis armandii is just starting into flower outside the School…

6th December

…leaves but our 1897 planted ‘Dawn’ definitely does. Some signs of recent frost damage to older flowers. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ 2022…

4th January

…Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Cytisus ‘Porlock’ with a good show of flowers (again). Cytisus ‘Porlock’ Clematis armandii now has several flowers high…

7th January

…has been heavily pruned over the years and is a thick bush with some leaf variegation. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Its neighbour is 15 feet tall…

9th February 1897 – 2020

…‘Dorothys Dawn’ Helleborus Frostkiss ‘Dorothys Dawn’ Helleborus Frostkiss ‘Dorothys Dawn’ Helleborus ‘Pink Beauty’ – flowers have pink coverings or bracts but open a creamy white. Helleborus ‘Pink Beauty’ Helleborus ‘Pink…

18th April

…of this whole crisis. The priorities are all wrong as history will show.The cuckoo joins the dawn chorus this morning near the house.The row of camellias below the fernery still…

8th November

…Little Liane’ Camellia sasanqua ‘New Dawn’. Camellia sasanqua ‘New Dawn’ Camellia sasanqua ‘New Dawn’ Camellia oleifera x sasanqua ‘Survivor’. Camellia oleifera x sasanqua ‘Survivor’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Silver Dollar’. Camellia sasanqua…

17th November

…‘Silver Dollar’ ‘Silver Dollar’ ‘Silver Dollar’ ‘Rosea Plena’ – very yellow foliage ‘Rosea Plena’ ‘Rosea Plena’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘Paradise Little…

24th December

…red sky as dawn breaks over Burncoose. red sky as dawn Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ in fine flowering form. Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Three grandchildren rather excited about Christmas. Three…

15th March 1897 – 2020

…front gate. The birds have really started their spring chorus and the swans are fighting off the Canada geese on the lake. I will give them a little help with…

16th June

…Dusk’. Very tall growing for a nepeta and not obviously a nepeta to look at. Nepeta grandiflora ‘Dawn to Dusk’ Nepeta grandiflora ‘Dawn to Dusk’ Azalea viscosum is always a…

1st December

…to see how quickly I have been deceived. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ 2023 – CHW Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ now full out. What a colour! Camellia japonica…

26th December

…wind or frost. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) 2022 – CHW Looking at John Marston monthly December video from his garden at Gorwell near Barnstaple…

4th February

…more light. Hamamelis mollis Rhododendron lutescens full out now as you would expect. Rhododendron lutescens Primroses and cyclamen on the bank. Primroses and cyclamen Prunus mume ‘Dawn’ in flower. This…

1st August

…Their signboard said ‘roses on flower now’ but most were, of course, over.Rosa ‘The New Dawn’ Rosa ‘The New Dawn’ Rosa ‘Special Grandad’ Rosa ‘Special Grandad’ Rosa ‘Special Grandad’ Rosa…