6th September

…has no berries at all this year. Last year it was plastered. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ 2019 – CHW Zantedeschia ‘Green Goddess’ with a fully formed seed head is unusual. Zantedeschia…

6th December

…this year. Gingko biloba The unnamed record sized Camellia x williamsii is well out high up in the rain. Camellia x williamsii Plenty of green leaf still left on Magnolia…

16th October

…Narumigata Night Rider Pink Goddess Plantation Pink Sekiyo Setsugekka Spring Fling Survivor Sweet Olive Tada Meibi Versicolor Virginia Robinson Yoimachi Yume The opening ceremony will be in February 2020.At the…

19th March

…first time. This is Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’. Not terribly green really even in bud and not so different from M. cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’ which was called M. ‘Sunrise’ originally here….

24th April

…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’ Rhododendron veitchianum…

10th March

…a visit to Hayle to a farm which now produces compost from green waste collected by Cornwall Council’s green recycling system. This is the green waste compost into which we…

7th May

…just as good today as ‘Lois’? Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Newly planted and new here is Viburnum ichangense. Viburnum ichangense Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ – a…

25th April

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

11th November

…prostrate, producing rosettes of dark green leaves. Deep yellow flowers resembling Rhododendon Valentiniodes. April/May. CWT6442. Rhododendron sino-falconeri. Falconera subsection. Forms a large tree. Huge pale green leaves. Indumented below, yellow…

17th February

…by Green Gate hydrangeas by Green Gate The new lapageria planted outside my study window has made excellent new growth in its first year and is still growing now. The…