…for You’ on the Cornish Rose Company stand. Rosa ‘Blue for You’ Rosa ‘Blue for You’ A nice memorial for Albert Riddle outside the members’ pavilion. Albert would have approved…

…batch of pre ordered new plants Picea pungens ‘Fat Albert’ makes its first appearance here. Picea pungens ‘Fat Albert’ Magnolia dawsoniana finally starting to shed its leaves outside the front…

…spring. Here a Prince Albert’s Yew (Saxegothaea conspicua) to give shelter one day from the east. Prince Albert’s Yew The reinforcements to the windbreak above the path are now in…

…‘Superba’. Grows to about two and a half feet, flowers to three and a half feet. Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Fat Domino’ Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Fat Domino’ Coprosma ‘Pacific Dream’ – not that…

…and varieties. Clearance of the conifers planted in the Kitchen Garden in the late 1950s by my father had been scheduled and planned for the spring of 2020. The pandemic…

…the Nursery Bed. Rhododendron formosum Good young plants of my father’s Rhododendron ‘High Sherrif’. Rhododendron ‘High Sherrif’ Rhododendron fuyuanense (JN2747) – I cannot trace this name in the reference books….

…the very least they could refund part of the premiums paid to those whose business has been permanently closed/interrupted as their policies are largely irrelevant now. Fat chance but the…

…the scent they are pretty pathetic ‘flowers’ – merely fat anthers with pollen. The tree is a remarkable shape and beautiful as it starts to leaf up. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’…

…seedpods. Magnolia sargentiana robusta Acer henryi with autumn colours in August. Worrying! Acer henryi Magnolia sieboldii with fat, plump, ripening seeds and scorched leaves. Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Syringa x…

…await the influx. (They make a donation of £150 which shows the usage). Visitors Neil, Lamorna, Neil’s father and Lizzie – an early moment when there were still spare seats…