…Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ The equally new Magnolia ‘Miss Marble’ is now full out. Still small, immature flowers but the marbling is now evident. This…

…Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – yellow form A carpet of fallen flowers under one of the Rhododendron ‘Mrs Bulters’. A carpet of fallen flowers Rhododendron ‘Tally Ho’ is tucked away unseen…

…large tree. Huge pale green leaves. Indumented below, yellow flowers. April/May. CWT6336. Rhododendron excellens. Maddenia subsection. Forms a spreading shrub. Large, shiny bright green leaves. Long lily like, scented white…

…fortunei subsp. discolor 2020 – CHW Off to the greenhouses to see what is new. Cotoneaster franchettii with berries forming already. Self-sown or bird carried seedlings. Cotoneaster franchettii Another pot…

…decent flower on one of our original Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Diva’. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Diva’ A tremendous show on Symplocos aff. sumuntia. Symplocos aff. sumuntia A carpet of…

…hybrids Narcissus cyclamineus seedlings and hybrids Narcissus cyclamineus seedlings and hybrids Narcissus cyclamineus seedlings and hybrids Suddenly a carpet of primroses coming out everywhere where the grass was so carefully…

…car fire The strong southerly winds have covered the beach with green seaweed. green seaweed 3 swifts seen and heard all week over the lawn. Only one youngster? Lomatia ferruginea…

…We now have several of these superb plants growing away at various ages. Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Outside my study window the…

…Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ – just one flower out. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Tilia amurensis Tilia amurensis Could not resist more Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ as the tepal colours change. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’…

…‘Hokusai’ – together in the sun. Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’ 2021 – CHW Still a howling (warm) easterly wind. A carpet of mainly large white flowered wild violets above Crinodendron Hedge…

…Acacia verticillata Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ also spot on today. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ In the greenhouse a flower on Michelia laevifolia x Michelia maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’. Michelia laevifolia…

…Azalea ‘Blushing Belle’. Late flowers on Camellia japonica ‘Golden Anniversary’. Camellia japonica ‘Golden Anniversary’ To the greenhouse to select plant gifts for our trip this week. Prickly new growth on…

…next week’s forecast.The pure white sport on Azalea ‘Greenway’ which Asia has propagated well in the greenhouse. Azalea ‘Greenway’ My father’s Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ just about out. Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’…

…reference books? Carpinus heterophyllus ‘Quercifolia’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ in bud and flower – just as good today as ‘Lois’? Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Newly planted…

…cypress, Microbiota decussata, with its brown foliage. Corylopsis pauciflora Then a visit to Hayle to a farm which now produces compost from green waste collected by Cornwall Council’s green recycling…

…forgotten Acer carpinifolium (the hornbeam maple) just leafing up and flowering the by the Red Linney. There is a younger upright growing plant above the greenhouses but I have never…

…than the quite similar Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’. Both original plants were Wilson introductions in 1910 (W4106) which grew at Werrington. One is, I believe, now dead but…

…evergreen azaleas semi evergreen / near evergreen azaleas semi evergreen / near evergreen azaleas Quercus lamellosa has suddenly shed all its old leaves – as it should now. I have…

…but it is pretty clear where to snip on the stems. hydrangeas by Green Gate hydrangeas by Green Gate The new lapageria planted outside my study window has made excellent…

…hips. Rosa roxburghii Kalopanax septemlobus has a yellow carpet on the ground but plenty of green leaves too. A generally poor year for autumn colour as no cold mornings or…