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…

16th June

…to look at. Nepeta grandiflora ‘Dawn to Dusk’ Nepeta grandiflora ‘Dawn to Dusk’ Azalea viscosum is always a shy flowerer. This is a near white form unlike the pink one…

13th January

‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ at its very best. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ with irregular chlorotic/variegated leaves, as is normal, nearer ground level. Camellia x vernalis…

28th December

…x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ We made a video clip of how to prune Cytisus ‘Porlock’ (Genista ‘Porlock’) earlier in the year using this…

27th December

…darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica…

1st November

‘Dawn’ and Camellia x vernalis ‘Yuletide’ Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ outside the nursery cash point. A harbinger of winter. Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ The groundworks for the new loading bay and larger…

18th January

…flowers start to drop. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ The 124 year old Magnolia stellata will be out quite soon. A gnarled old tree against the castle…

6th December

…I am not sure if ‘Ginryu’ has variegated leaves but our 1897 planted ‘Dawn’ definitely does. Some signs of recent frost damage to older flowers. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia…

4th January

…away but this is a special piece of Caerhays camellia history. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Cytisus ‘Porlock’ with…

7th January

…triandrus Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ now full out. This plant has been heavily pruned over the years and is a thick bush with some leaf variegation. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’…

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…

8th November

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

24th December

…Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ A red sky as dawn breaks over Burncoose. red sky as dawn Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ in fine flowering form. Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Three…

17th November

…Plena’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ “Maiden’s Blush” “Maiden’s Blush” “Maiden’s Blush” “Everards’s Delight”…

2nd June

…our multiple woodland plantings there at dusk and dawn. Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii 2001 – FJW…

26th December

…by the Dining Room. Narcissus flowers Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) at its very best and undamaged by rain, wind or frost. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) Camellia x vernalis…

1st December

…am startled 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!…

9th March 1897 – 2020

…here today. I now think this is an underrated magnolia. Magnolia ‘Shirraz’ The wind abates at dusk and the front door is no longer rattled by ‘flying’ magnolia leaves. Much…

20th August

…Nothofagus antarctica Rosa ‘Handel’ with a secondary full out flower as dusk falls. Rosa ‘Handel’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ struggling in the drought with shrivelled leaves. Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ Symphoricarpos albus…

12th May

…Meliosma oldhamii Heard the first cuckoo calling at 10am from Old Park or Brownberry Woods. Saw three swifts at dusk last night which appear to be nesting in the castellations…