…how our 2 in flower magnolias have survived the frost? Expectations zero even though it is 13°c and overcast today. Hard to see today but there are still a couple…

…Hubbard (the author), Charles Williams (Caerhays) and Jonathon Jones (Tregothnan) Great Gardens Book Chelsea Alan Titchmarsh – Great Gardens Book Chelsea 2016 – CHW We do a stand group photo…

…or ‘Grand Sultan’ – but this is not one in the Trehane camellia book!) Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Rubra’ A great clump of white Fritillaria meleagris (Snake’s head fritillary). Fritillaria meleagris…

…spring has arrived in England. Spring has arrived in Cornwall, today 16 February 2024. The date was declared by The Nare, together with The Great Gardens of Cornwall, as part…

…great uncle, Charles Williams, took on. He too was a keen gardener and hybridiser although heavily involved in wartime politics. It is said with great justification that the garden would…

…held in a tent on Beach Meadow and attended by around 100 people. A very convivial evening! Great Gardens of Cornwall Great Gardens of Cornwall Great Gardens of Cornwall Great…

…‘Splendens’ The Great Garden representatives being prepared for the ‘Last Supper’ photocall. Publicity for the 2025 season. The Great Garden representatives The Great Garden representatives The Great Garden representatives This…

…delivered to 10 Downing Street. ‘Spring comes to Cornwall’ (or England) as the Great Gardens announce that six record Magnolia campbellii trees in six Great Gardens (Caerhays, Tregothnan, Heligan, Trengwainton,…

…have to wait to see the formal picture. The current Great Gardens members in the walled garden at Trewithen The current Great Gardens members in the walled garden at Trewithen…

…just won a Gold Medal at Hampton Court for a display of their national collection of astilbe. Wonderful! A great leap forward for a garden usually famous only for its…

…a lot of standing about yapping to the great and good while judging goes on around us. No celebrity for the media on the Burncoose stand this year.The 90 second…

…azaleas 2024 – CHW A Great Gardens meeting at the Minack Theatre near Lands End. With the roadworks on the A30 at Zelah nearly took a 2 hour trip to…

…its remarkable new leaves. Merrilliopanax alpinus Pomaderris elliptica making a great show in the sun. Pomaderris elliptica Pomaderris elliptica Pomaderris elliptica First flowers on some of the newly planted Viburnums:-…

…great grandmother died well before my great grandfather so I must look up the parentage of this old Caerhays hybrid and ask Asia, our new Polish propagator from Poznan, to…

…‘Raspberry Fun’ is just coming out in Kennel Close. This smaller growing magnolia will have great public appeal and is a great improvement on ‘Leonard Messel’. This is Symplocus dryophylla…

…uncle’s death in the Great War and I include it here for (further) posterity. How my great grandfather ‘gardened’ after this which clearly nearly destroyed him? Perhaps he enjoyed gardening…

…tip of a sad iceberg we all fear as the economy, tourism and business begin to shut down for the great coronavirus pandemic. The marketing team want a crisis meeting…

…Alba’ Karol looking pleased with himself as we label Kalopanax septemlobus. Does not the blue label look great! Gold labels for UK and Ireland trees. Blue labels for Cornish (only)…

…to late September. Not a great time of the year for delphiniums, lupins, iris, bedding, tulips, herbaceous or woody plants which are mainly spring/summer flowering and the mainstays of the…

…usually perform well, there is not a great deal showing at present. One exception has been Ilex aquifolium ‘Golden van Tol’ which the reference books say is not a great…