14th April

…Rookery Nursery bed. Magnolia x veitchii ‘Isca’ Magnolia x veitchii ‘Isca’ Magnolia x veitchii ‘Isca’ Camellia ‘Grace Albritton’ on Rookery Path is late flowering with pinkish outer petals. Camellia ‘Grace

24th November

…Quercus phellos Cotinus ‘Grace’ with rather disappointing autumn colour this year. Cotinus ‘Grace’ Cotinus ‘Grace’ Cotinus coggygria has at least some decent yellow leaves. Cotinus coggygria Cotinus ‘Pink Champagne’ has…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 3)

…white I thought? Rhododendron ‘Ptarmigan’ Rhododendron ‘Grace Seabrook’ – a very fine red hybrid. Rhododendron ‘Grace Seabrook’ Rhododendron ‘Grace Seabrook’ Eucryphia cordifolia with huge leaves. Much larger leaves than on…

23rd July

…sellowiana 2020 – CHW Cotinus ‘Grace’ with its second set of new growth Cotinus ‘Grace’ Cotinus ‘Grace’ The flower heads are left as skeletons with just a very few seeds…

18th September

…up. Pyracantha berries Cotinus ‘Grace’ turning colour nicely but not yet at its best. Cotinus ‘Grace’ We grow many different Corokias and Coprosmas very well but they simply do not…

14th June

…azaleas Camellia ‘Grace Arbritton’ still with decent flowers below Rookery Path. Camellia ‘Grace Arbritton’ Euonymus moupinensis with its small reddish flowers that appear to be growing from the centre of…

21st November

‘Grace’ with a mixture of colour. ‘Scarlet’ says Hillier’s but it is more than this today here. Cotinus ‘Grace’ Cotinus ‘Pink Champagne’ turns a vivid yellow with us despite its…

20th November

…the cash point today. Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Cotinus ‘Grace’ is equally good alongside it. Cotinus ‘Grace’ Deutzia crenata ‘Nikko’ with a lovely reddish-purple hue as well. One…

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…japonica ‘Grace Abviton’ Camellia japonica ‘Grace Abviton’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Pearl’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Pearl’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Tregrehan’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Tregrehan’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mimosa Jury’ Camellia x…

10th May

…They are the true Rhododendron griffithianum which was one of the parents of all the Gill hybrids of old. These magnificent trees with creamy or red flowers still grace the…