31st January 1897 – 2020

…sprengeri ‘Diva’ on the drive has been blown open and severely damaged in the cold north winds. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Lamellyn’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Lamellyn’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Lamellyn’ Camellia ‘Grace Bunton’ has…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

…half decent plant on Rookery Path. Christmas azaleas Camellia ‘Grace Arbritton’ still with decent flowers below Rookery Path. Camellia ‘Grace Arbritton’ Euonymus moupinensis with its small reddish flowers that appear…

15th March

…which is, I think, the best selection from a very good bunch to grace any smaller garden. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ Nothing quite beats Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ for size and…

23rd March

…planted magnolias in this clearing have now all been identified. The wedding magnolias nearly all survive to grace the Cornwall Red Squirrel Project dinner (175 people) in the wedding tent…

5th April

…anyway. Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ The first magnolia which we planted at Belvoir as a present to Her Grace, Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ just about to come out. Perhaps 15 years…

10th May

…the Gill hybrids of old. These magnificent trees with creamy or red flowers still grace the top of the garden here but many were lost in the 1990 hurricane. The…

29th July

…dead Pinus radiata are just coming out. The very last big flowered rhododendron to grace the season. ‘Polar Bear’ will be out here and there in the garden right through…

7th November

…to grace us with a scented flowering in November. This is a Japanese species which makes its designated flowering season even odder. At the nursery it seldom flowers in a…

21st December

…– CHW Quite a few things out by the front door.Dahlia tenuicaulis finally has a decent flower. A single pinkish-purple which will grace Christmas Day. Dahlia tenuicaulis Dahlia tenuicaulis The…