17th November

…‘Navajo’ ‘Navajo’ ‘Kanjiro’ ‘Kanjiro’ ‘Kanjiro’ ‘Paradise Belinda’ ‘Paradise Belinda’ ‘Paradise Belinda’ ‘Paradise Vanessa’ ‘Paradise Vanessa’ ‘Early Pearly‘Early Pearly‘Early Pearly‘Early Pearly’ ‘Baronesa de Soujelinho’ ‘Baronesa de Soujelinho’ ‘Baronesa…

25th September

…the three but has no fruits at all this year. Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Another Magnolia ‘March-till-Frost’ full of secondary flowers with the usual autumnal…

16th October

…for Caerhays. I saw this last autumn exhibited by Tregothnan at a Garden Society dinner. Excellent! Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’ Leucadendron ‘Jester’ bought in for a…

3rd November

…growth after the drought on Rhododendron maddenii. Rhododendron maddenii Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’ which we got from Tregothnan. Secondary new growth here as well. Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’ Camellia sasanqua…

18th September

…destined for Jaimie’s wood-burner. old oak tree which fell Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ (from Trevor Green) planted in 1997 is full of fruit. Sorbus ‘Golden Wonder’ behind it has none. Sorbus…

8th November

…‘Dazzler’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Helen’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Helen’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Baronesa de Soutehinho’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Baronesa de Soutehinho’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’…

28th September

…four fruits. Sorbus reducta Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ has sparse fruiting but some are changing from rose to white with a pink flush. Not many though! Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Sorbus ‘Hilling…

5th January 1897- 2020

…Magnolia nitida) at least twice. Here it struggled before wind or a strimmer got the last twig. Now deceased! Parkameria lotungensis 2017 – CHW Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ still has many…

17th August

…A few secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Winsome’. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ already starting to show up well. Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Flowers and seed heads on a Magnolia sieboldii. Magnolia…

16th November

…shape and form as ever. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Trevor Green’s gift of Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ looking good but not quite fully ripe near…

12th August

…paniculata ‘White Lady’ Sorbus ‘Pearly Queen’ with berries forming. Sorbus ‘Pearly Queen’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ just turning colour. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ now full out….

7th November

… Sorbus megalocarpa var. cuneata (Hergest Croft)  Polyspora sczwanica (Penrice Castle)  Crataegus x lavalleei  Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’ (Tregothnan) 2018 – CHW Picea brachystyla has bold silvery…

Magnolias and Climate Change at Caerhays

…the magnolias may well indisputably be ridiculously early. However this is by no means true of other plant species: Camellias flowering in general and, in particular, the very early pre…

25th March 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ not yet out so very late and heavily budded with huge buds. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ – the second plant in…

30th July

…the plant world. Aloysia citrodora Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ and Hydrangea sargentiana. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ and Hydrangea sargentiana Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ and Hydrangea sargentiana. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’…

5th February 1897 – 2020

‘early’? All the Lanarths have beaten them but why in such an early year? Normally the other way round. 1991 – FJW 250+ laurels put in – Best day for…

10th February 1897 – 2020

…ran out of time. There are loads more nearly there. As early as it has ever been looking in the garden diary for today which shows 1962 and 1988 as…

19th October

…leptophylla Unexpected seed on a young Acer Forrestii. Acer Forrestii Autumn colour on Crataegus calpodendron. Crataegus calpodendron Cladrastis sinensis has also shed its leaves early but no autumn colour here….

16th February 1897 – 2020

…changed their minds. Last year it was early too. Camellia reticulata ‘William Hertrich’ full out in a sheltered spot. Huge flowers and early. Note how the flowers vary in shape…

28th March 1897 – 2020

…further on. pink one Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ is no longer early or rose-like. Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ A good young clump of Rhododendron racemosum from wild sourced seed….