19th March

…difference? Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ The equally new Magnolia ‘Miss Marble’ is now full out. Still small, immature flowers but the marbling…

14th March

…leylandii below the Green Gate. Clearing the fallen leylandii Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’. Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Anne Leitner’. Magnolia ‘Anne…

2nd August

…‘Pink Diamond’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ – a newer form planted only five years ago on the bank of The Fernery. Pretty ray florets which again…

9th May 1897 – 2020

…leaf form but still not correct. Rhododendron ‘Loderi Pink Diamond’ Rhododendron ‘Loderi Pink Diamond’ Another pleasant yellow royalii hybrid. yellowish royalii hybrid yellowish royalii hybrid Azalea ‘Cannons Double’ is just…

17th April 1897 – 2020

…out two to three weeks ago. Rhododendron johnstoneanum ‘Double Diamond’ Rhododendron johnstoneanum ‘Double Diamond’ Rhododendron johnstoneanum ‘Double Diamond’ The Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ clump below Tin Garden is at its best…

3rd May

…‘Double Diamond’ looking a bit sick after the drought. An easy seller and one for Asia to propagate. Rhododendron johnstoneanum ‘Double Diamond’ Rhododendron johnstoneanum ‘Double Diamond’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Cream’…

24th December

…young plant flowering well. Camellia japonica ‘Diamond Head’ Camellia japonica ‘Diamond Head’ Viburnum treleasei about to flower despite the strong wind. Viburnum treleasei Camellia tsai just out. Camellia tsai Fitzroya…

5th May 1897 – 2020

…RHODODENDRON johnstoneanum ‘Double Diamond’ Rhododendron johnstoneanum ‘Double Diamond’ may be a weak and insipid, short lived plant but it is superb too although here slightly blemished by the heavy rain….

5th March 1897 – 2020

…labelled M. denudata ‘Dubbel’ which I assume is the same thing. The Burncoose plant is now 26-30ft tall. Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ 2018 – CHW So…

7th April

…‘Blue Diamond’ Rhododendron ‘Blue Diamond’ Amelanchier lamarckii just about full out. Amelanchier lamarckii We have never had a name for this very late flowering white magnolia on Bond Street below…

9th April

…Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ Malus ‘Red Obelisk’ is the first to show in the Kitchen Garden planting. Malus ‘Red Obelisk’ Malus ‘Red Obelisk’ Magnolia ‘Fukuju’ is a form…

18th July

…‘Double Diamond’ – squat growing and double white flowers Agapanthus ‘Double Diamond’ Agapanthus ‘Double Diamond’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ Agapanthus ‘Moonlight Star’ Agapanthus ‘Moonlight Star’ Agapanthus ‘Moonlight Star’…

24th August

…paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ is not very pink really – more creamy-green. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ Fruits on Crataegus x grignonensis which was…

17th May 1897 – 2020

Diamond’ is battered to bits and quite useless. Just a few flowers left with the colour faded. Faded Rhododendron loderi ‘Pink Diamond’ Faded Rhododendron loderi ‘Pink Diamond’ Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’…

23rd April 1897 – 2020

…(aged 2) in the Isla Rose Plantation. The unusual double flowered Rhododendron Johnstoneanum ‘Double Diamond’ Rhododendron Johnstoneanum ‘Double Diamond’ Rhododendron Johnstoneanum ‘Double Diamond’ Isla Rose meets a cow who isn’t…

16th April 1897 – 2020

…with Dutch labels. Rhododendron ‘Blue Diamond’ Rhododendron ‘Blue Diamond’ Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ is just coming out at least a month early for Chelsea where we usually show it on the…

11th April 1897 – 2020

…– dull! Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia ‘Pink Diamond’ not very ‘pink’ or ‘diamond’ either. Magnolia ‘Pink Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Crystal’ – see for yourself! Magnolia ‘Pickards Crystal’ Another Pickards…

11th March 1897 – 2020

…good year indeed. 1958 – FJW Cold continues 8-10 degrees of frost. 1931 – JCW We had a frost last night which cleared the best lot of bloom we ever…

26th March

…‘J.C. Williams’). Magnolia ‘Anne Leitner’ Magnolia ‘Anne Leitner’ Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ – A better plant at Burncoose called M. denudata ‘Dubbel’. Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x…

5th March

…‘Vulcan’ Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ a bit wind battered. Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ 2025 – CHW Then to Tregothnan for a tour with Viscount Falmouth, Jonathan Jones and Neil.Aerial layers…