…Rhus ‘Tiger Eyes’ Another new plant for the website – Ceratostigma plumbaginoides ‘Summer Skies’. Ceratostigma plumbaginoides ‘Summer Skies’ The late flowering Kniphofia rooperi. Kniphofia rooperi Eleagnus x ebbingei ‘Gilt Edge’…

…while the group got a silver gilt medal for their stand. (Read details of gold award for Burncoose.) Everyone is very happy. In the main marquee it turns out there…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW A Silver Gilt Medal for the stand this year. A visit by…

…was. Another Quercus acuta at the edge of the massive new clearing (1) Another Quercus acuta at the edge of the massive new clearing (2) The new Chinese rhododendron collection…

…first journalist The Savills sponsored garden with subsequently received a Silver Gilt Medal. Savills invited 994 clients to the show over the 6 days. Ticket price c. £100 per ticket…

…Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ A silver gilt medal for a beached whale made from rubbish from the sea. Chelsea woke at Royal Cornwall in the flower tent but not exactly…

…Quercus belle ‘D’aquitaine’ 2022 – CHW So what is out in flower in the garden still after my absence on the Isle of Wight? Silver gilt medal for Burncoose at…

…from our agapanthus as they apparently had an agapanthus midge infection. This of course made the plants unsaleable and the stand received only a Silver Gilt. A similar death of…

…Ours are still in tight bud. Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon 2019 – CHW A huge elderly Magnolia campbellii seedling coming out in the mist above Crinodendron Hedge. Magnolia campbellii seedling…

…were three weeks later into flower than ours. Scilla verna ‘Sea eagle and fish’ bronze in the garden. bronze Escallonia rubra var. macrantha – a wonderful seaside hedge. Escallonia rubra…

…out. Camellia ‘Debutante’ Camellia ‘Debutante’ This is a windbreak hedge near the sea of the tough Ilex platyphylla. This tree rotted off at the base but still lives on through…

…properly especially if a tractor were to drive too near to the edge. landslide More burning up of fallen trees by the Green Gate. burning up Acacia melanoxylon just out…

…CHW The first frosty morning for the winter with ice on the edge of the lawn. ice First and only flower so far on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’…

…the rather minute Cornish moneywort (Sibthorpia europaea) on the edge of the mound outside the back yard. Highly localised and relatively infrequent is the description in Colin’s book. ‘One never…

…Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia, which you often see on moorland edges. Campanula rotundifolia Campanula rotundifolia Campanula rotundifolia Field scabious, Knautia arvensis, which would be fine in a pot in the nursery….

…far, unscarred by drought. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ 2021 – CHW My favourite edge of the moor’s garden noted for its roses which were sadly nearly overA second flush of flower…

…on the Camellia x williamsii ‘J.C. Williams’ hedge around the Rockery. Camellia x williamsii ‘J.C. Williams’ Camellia x williamsii ‘J.C. Williams’ Daffodils in mid-November. Daffodils Nerine by the Drawing Room….

…stumps but we are trying to burn some of them to reduce the stump digging beforehand. leylandii hedge leylandii hedge The last four still to go. still to go 2020…

…in Leedstown to photograph this extraordinarily large Datura sanguinea growing outside in someone’s garden. Leedstown is on top of a hill at the edge of the Lizard Peninsula but still…

…in a month and I am immediately struck by the wonderful hellebores in flower. Helleborus ‘Sally’s Shell’ has a delicate pink frill to the edge of the flower which fades…