31st October

…of secondary flower. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Reds’ Camellia ‘Gay Border’ and wasps in the sun and showers. Camellia ‘Gay Border’ Camellia ‘Gay Border’ Camellia ‘Gay Border’ 2021 – CHW The tail…

23rd November

…with perhaps slightly larger flowers than the other two and an upright habit. Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’ Zanthoxylum coreanum is another species…

2nd November

…to cut out the damaged leader to prevent the infection travelling downwards. Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ First flower on Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’ Some…

12th September

…Camellia ‘Gay Border’ Camellia ‘Gay Border’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ – this one I would have expected The Muehlenbeckia complexa plants have grown exponentially and spread everywhere. It needs tying in…

18th March

…Baby’ just out. Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ flowering as well as I have ever seen it above the Crinodendron Hedge. Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ The unnamed…

2nd April

…as I see it? Stupid name! ‘Gay Baby’ ‘Gay Baby’ This wild collected Camellia pittardii has vigorous green shoots coming from the base but the top of the plant is…

11th February

‘Gay Time’ on the drive. Camellia x williamsii ‘Gay Time’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Gay Time’ Wonderful bark and masses of flower on Rhododendron barbatum by the lodge. Rhododendron barbatum Rhododendron…

21st March

…the felled sweet chestnut trunks have been dragged out and the mess on the path tidied up by Frankie. Old Park Old Park Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ just out rather later…

8th November

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Sue’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Sue’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Belinda’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Belinda’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Belinda’ Camellia sasanqua…

5th July

…‘Hidcote’ and Jasminum officinale affine 2018 – CHW A trip to Cotehele which is reputed to have the best herbaceous borders of any National Trust garden in Cornwall. Take it…