1st December

…from a sycamore root exposed to the daylight. sycamore root 2021 – CHW Garrya eliptica ‘James Roof’ with flower tassels well formed. Garrya eliptica ‘James Roof’ Nerine bowdenii full out…

28th January

…has had its leaves scorched even more in the recent frost. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Narcissus tiandrus full out now outside the…

4th January

…castle corner. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ 2020 – CHW I could not resist photographing Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ again now it…

28th April

…growth on Tristianopsis laurina. Tristianopsis laurina I attach email correspondence with James Garnett from the Service des Espaces Verts et de l’Environnement (SEVE) in Nantes about Michelias with his pictures….

1st October

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW The Mallotus japonicus which was a gift from James Garnett and the Botanic…

25th December

…elliptica ‘James Roof’. Surprisingly little damage to the leaves as yet in such an exposed position on the castle wall. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ 2021 –…

3rd February

‘James Roof’ with its gigantic tassels of flowers is superb today. What a plant! Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ The scented narcissii by the Dining Room window…

19th January

…This is a male form and we have, as yet, no female in the garden. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ 2016 – CHW Hawthorn breaking into leaf…

25th September

…duration around the garden with the youthful but hugely keen and knowledgeable James Garnett from the Botanic Gardens in Nantes. James is ‘one of us’ when it comes to rare…

11th February

…elliptica ‘James Roof’ with plenty of flower tassels in the nursery. Our mature plant at Caerhays has none this year as we saw a few days ago. Garrya elliptica ‘James