21st June

Echium wildpretii Echium wildpretii Echium wildpretii Deutzia paniculata (BSWJ 8592) above the drive on from the Four in Hand. The (different) species next to it is over so I hope…

19th May

…And one of her favourite roses. roses There was an Echium pininana height competition a few years ago with 18ft being the tallest. These cannot be far off that. Echium

23rd August

…few flowers left on it. The rest are brown and dead or have blown over. Not before scattering seeds everywhere though! Echium pininana Echium pininana Echium pininana Plenty of seed…

10th May

…rhoifolia Lithocarpus hancei with its attractive and delicate reddish new growth. Lithocarpus hancei The first tall echium into flower. echium 2020 – CHW Lord Sumption sums up, very succinctly, the…

25th April

…(12-15ft) Echium pininana have burst into flower and the bees are very active. Echium pininana Echium pininana Echium pininana First fuchsia flowers. fuchsia First flower too on a Paeonia delavayi…

4th May

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW An Echium pininana which did not survive the winter east wind. Echium

16th May

…blue flowers which then individually fade to light pinkish. Echium pininana Echium pininana Echium pininana 2016 – CHW We have placed our and planted all the largest plants from Crug…

18th May

…Van and mule full Two echium spikes. We will have to cut them down to fit them onto the lorry. Too tall at present. echium spike Is this Cotoneaster frigidus…

28th January

…growth on the Echium pininana seedlings outside the drawing room. These need thinning or removing before they cover the whole window. Echium pininana seedlings View 28th January 1897 – 2020…

12th July

…climb up the remains. A great idea for dealing with leylandii! leylandii hedge Echium fastuosum (Echium candicans) covered with attractive seed heads which are nearly as fine as its flowers….

26th February 1897 – 2020

…Caerhays magnolia flowers. Our ‘relief’ Caerhays magnolia flowers Early buds forming on a large Echium fastuosum. Echium fastuosum Echium fastuosum Hebe ‘Wiri Charm’ full out. Hebe ‘Wiri Charm’ Hebe diosmifolia…

17th August

…before we have to spray off the Castle Drive. Echium seedlings Echium seedlings My magnolia hybrids from 2017 coming on nicely. magnolia hybrids Malus hupehensis has a nice crop in…

4th August

…Aristolochia californica. Aristolochia californica A nice spreading clump of Romneya coulteri. Romneya coulteri Romneya coulteri Romneya coulteri Echium seedlings by the thousand! Echium seedlings Echium seedlings Citrus orange growing outside….

23rd July

…heads on Echium fastuosum. Echium fastuosum 2023 – CHW The best bits of Ventnor.Fuchsia excorticata has died with reshooting from the main stem. Fuchsia excorticata What a view of Cordyline,…

16th July

Echium pininana This one has a few weeks to go before it succumbs. Echium pininana The Caerhays Charity Fete raised £13,400 and was distributed as follows: St Michael’s Church, Caerhays…

28th August

…in summer let alone August. lake The last of the Echium flowers as the stalks seed and die outside the Drawing Room. Echium Echium Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ just out…

5th July

Echium fastuosum as a branched shrub and spectacular in flower today. Echium fastuosum Echium fastuosum I could find no label for this small evergreen tree. I was told it was…

2nd July

…Michael brought back seeds from France and, to my surprise, they are starting to grow away. Ceratonia siligua Echium fastuosum with its attractive seedheads. Echium fastuosum Pyrus x michauxii –…

7th June

…stunted and ‘Beast’ damaged Echium pininana with a few flowers which are more pink than blue so nearly over. The bees are busy enjoying the flower spike. Echium pininana Echium

15th May

…Burncoose has sold on occasion. Erica cerinthoides Echium gentianoides was a startling blue. Echium gentianoides Echium gentianoides Thymus citriodorus ‘Archer’s Gold’ covering a seating area. When you sit you get…