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…‘Happy Anniversary’ Rosa ‘Happy Anniversary’ Rosa ‘Happy Anniversary’ Rosa ‘Many Happy Returns’ Rosa ‘Many Happy Returns’ Rosa ‘Ruby Wedding’ Rosa ‘Ruby Wedding’ Rosa ‘Deep Secret’ Rosa ‘Deep Secret’ Rosa ‘Peace’…

…looking too happy in a dry spot. Water this week. Picconia excelsa Illicium merrillianum (KWJ 12113) in full flower above HQN. Illicium merrillianum (KWJ 12113) Equally impressive new growth on…

…‘Happy Anniversary’ may be better pictures than we have? ‘Happy Anniversary’ ‘Happy Anniversary’ ‘Happy Anniversary’ ‘Pride of England’ ‘Pride of England’ ‘Pride of England’ ‘Sunny Sky’ (it was not –…

…The sister plant to the retirement gift given to Lady Mary Holborow. unnamed hybrid The old Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta seedling by the kennels. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta seedling Another…

…original garden notebooks were lost or stolen on a train to London. My father spent much of his pre Alzheimer’s time in retirement working on exactly this but, as my…

…time than me to really get to grips with the archive here. Perhaps upon my ‘retirement’ (I doubt)! 1929 – JCW (Handwritten note attached to Garden Book page) Seed to…

…continue to work with his machinery and tractors on the farm in retirement while Hamish manages the livestock. Not too much change in reality we hope and no real ‘farewell’….

…was a gift from Cornwall County Council on my father’s retirement as chairman in 1989. The plaque seems to have vanished. Quercus x hispanica ‘Lucombeana’ First flower on Magnolia ‘Treve…

…Monica Dance’s funeral in Camborne with a bad hangover. Monica’s husband, Arnold Dance, ran Burncoose Gardens for 42 years until his retirement in about 2002. Monica’s son, Steve Dance, was…

…garden in a day. My father, in retirement, left that day for a lengthy tour of Cornish clubs in Australia. When he returned the mess was cleared and in 1991…

…Karol! Karol! Isla in her party dress. Isla Serena emerges. Serena The happy couple. happy couple Serena and Neil, photographed by Karol Pawlak The bridal bouquet of Phlox, Geranium, Achillea…

…good truss. Rhododendron rigidum Rhododendron fictolacteum Rhododendron fictolacteum Rhododendron fictolacteum Rhododendron irroratum – very different to our irroratum ‘Polka Dot’. Rhododendron irroratum B. Camellias Camellia japonica ‘Happy Higo’ – a…

…Mahonia x media ‘Buckland’ A rude email from a happy ex customer who does not like my comments on Brexit in the introduction to the new catalogue. A minority view…

…winter dieback. (HWJ 946). Not that happy in too hot a location. Ilex chapaensis Picconia azorica making excellent new growth and now about 5 feet tall. I wonder when it…

…CHW Asia propogating at Burncoose The joy of being quiet and having time to think after two happy (part) days at Burncoose celebrating with the staff with a little pink…

…Schrire are finally able to get here to sort out the final identification of the holly collection. In a long but happy afternoon we catalogue every holly in the garden…

…‘Albiflorus’ Jaimie forbade any cutting from the superb pink tinged Rhododendron lindleyi for the Chelsea stand and I am happy to agree. Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron lindleyi 2018 – CHW Enkianthus…

…on stewartia which we are happy to supply. Stewartia pteropetiolata Stewartia pteropetiolata 2020 – CHW For decades I have been writing about the absurdity of the National Trust, Defra and…

…unusual herbaceous element to match this show. 2017 – CHW A happy day with Paul from Roundabarrow nurseries who are going to graft some odd things for us and try…