26th October

…damp rock face and its trunk or roots have no contact with the soil at all. It derives all its nutrients and moisture from the damp rock face itself. This…

21st August

…the two zinc lined canoes which my great-grandfather used to row out to Gull Rock in (three miles?). These were once housed in the boathouse at Porthluney Beach which is…

26th April

…as the leafing up stalls in the garden. Drying east wind for several days and the ground is becoming rock hard. Worrying in April.Six more deer in the larder from…

12th May

…the cash point a few years ago. The seeds are rock hard. HALESIA carolina HALESIA carolina HALESIA carolina REHDERODENDRON macrocarpum REHDERODENDRON macrocarpum Rehderodendron macrocarpum – a Trewithen plant originally and…

5th March

…on a rock face. ‘The Green Man’ Antony House from two of the Repton vistas to the water. Antony House Antony House 2019 – CHW Frankie Tregunna and Ross Collins…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

…waterfall and skunk cabbage rocky waterfall and skunk cabbage First bluebells out. bluebells Fittingly Rhododendron ‘Shamrock’ at the end of a three hour tour – exhausted! Rhododendron ‘Shamrock’ Rhododendron ‘Shamrock’

Irish trip April 2018

rock with a huge spread. Yew Pinus montezumae – a blue form which seemed more cold hardy than ours ever were. Pinus montezumae Pinus montezumae Cupressus dupreziana was attractive and…

18th May

…the Rockery. A very variable species colour wise. Rhododendron reticulatum Flower on low down branches of Plagianthus regius (Plagianthus betulinus). This smallish tree normally only flowers high up. Plagianthus regius…

23rd May

…year. The main show garden which of course won gold for M&G, the main Chelsea sponsor, is two huge piles or columns of imported rock from Malta and a few…

21st February

…the original registration documents are copied here. Massey Ferguson tractor Massey Ferguson tractor Massey Ferguson tractor 2020 – CHW Storm Dennis or Ciara have caused a significant landslide or rock