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…

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 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…

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…

26th April

…the garden. Drying east wind for several days and the ground is becoming rock hard. Worrying in April.Six more deer in the larder from the weekend including a four to…

26th October

…damp rock face and its trunk or roots have no contact with the soil at all. It derives all its nutrients and moisture from the damp rock face itself. This…

6th December

…Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ at Donkey Shoe. This was named after Joseph Witt, former curator of Washington Park Arboretum in Oregon. A gift from John Anderson. Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’…