27th December

…Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’. Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ still has colour at the Red Linney. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Rhododendron ‘Winter…

4th January

…in January! Less so than last January perhaps. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Likewise Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ still has good white mopheads amid many other dead flowers. We have…

19th July

…Hydrangea Hydrangea ‘Quadricolour’. Hydrangea ‘Quadricolour’ Hydrangea ‘Quadricolour’ Good large flowers on a clump of Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ cut down 2 years ago. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ A new…

6th September

…to the public. Erica cinerea ‘Joseph Murphy’ – back in stock in the nursery. A great autumn flowering variety. Erica cinerea ‘Joseph Murphy’ Erica cinerea ‘Joseph Murphy’ Crocosmia ‘Mistral’ also…

3rd August

…(on acid soil) and lasting to Christmas without frost. The commonest hydrangea seen in Cornish woodland garden drives but none the worse for that. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’…

4th June

…subsp. reflexa Syringa josikaea (one of two clumps). Syringa josikaea An azalea gall or two on Azalea indica by the front door. Not the first time I have seen this…

28th May

…full. bought in calves Azalea pontica at the top lodge is out and over in less than a week in this heat. Azalea pontica Azalea pontica Syringa x josiflexa ‘Bellicent’…

30th May

…Syringa josikaea just showing too. Syringa josikaea Mixed colours of aquilegia outside the old village school. aquilegia Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ full out on the drive. Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ Rhododendron (Azalea) kiusianum has…

22nd July

‘Joseph Banks’ is pale pink at first turning to pale blue in this large group. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ now out in flower although its leaves have…

23rd July

…Lomatia fraseri in full flower 15ft up. Lomatia fraseri Cathaya argyrophylla needing careful staking. Cathaya argyrophylla Orixa japonica and Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’. Orixa japonica and Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Deutzia multiradiata…