…denudata ‘Double Diamond’ battered by hailstorms earlier this week in Kennel Close. There is a large tree at Burncoose but this is its first flowering here. Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’…

…First snow of winter and 8 degrees of frost. 1920 – JCW Very little open because of the recent frost. Erica darleyense by far the best thin. Lapagerias and Cam…

…and darkish purple. Magnolia ‘March-Till-Frost’ Magnolia ‘March-Till-Frost’ The nearly pure white form of Camellia reticulata is an excellent plant. Camellia reticulata Camellia reticulata A flower bud already (four to six…

…I need to go and look at the mature plant at the top of Burns Bank and see if there really is a difference? Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’…

…Surprise’ The badly frosted clump of Zantedeschia aethiopica has recovered and is now upright. Zantedeschia aethiopica Most Echium pininana untouched by frost where sheltered from the wind. Echium pininana Unexpectedly…

…squarrosa hard hit by frost. Will new fronds still emerge? Doubtful. Dicksonia squarrosa Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ with superb new growth appearing on this dwarfish shrub. No frost damage…

…early flowering. I will email around other Cornish gardens to see what they have. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii Traces of frost in Kennel Close. Traces of frost in Kennel Close…

…leafless with the flowers nearly over. Sycoparrotia semidecidua Frost damage on Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ even in a tunnel. Frost damage on Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ Arbutus andrachne in full flower. Arbutus…

…x leucaspis Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Magnolia ‘March-till-Frost’ with its true flowers at the proper time. Much darker and muddier in colour in the second autumn flowering. Magnolia ‘March-till-Frost’ Magnolia…

…gales.Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ still with a reasonable show despite a week’s frost. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Trimming back the young Pinus insignis in Kennel Close. Pinus insignis…