25th November

…banksian roses and a good pile of camellias and small deciduous azaleas. from Lanhydrock from Lanhydrock from Lanhydrock A communication from Owen Johnson, the senior tree recorder for record trees:…

11th December

…for three months at last. Hypericum lancasteri Leaves still on Peter Borlaise’s Magnolia ‘Albatross’ by George’s Hut which he bred at Lanhydrock. Peter’s funeral was at Lanhydrock church a fortnight…

23rd June

…Great Gardens of Cornwall meeting at Lanhydrock Estate Office and then a garden tour with Tommy Teagle, the head gardener, who has worked here since 1977. Peter Borlaise, his predecessor,…

12th November

…at Lanhydrock are closing their plant nursery which has supplied their plant sales areas in their principal Cornish gardens of which there are several. Staff redundant and everything must go…

4th March

…day so I have probably cocked up the settings. Magnolia mollicomata ‘Mary Williams’ Magnolia mollicomata ‘Mary Williams’ By Georges Hut Peter Borlaise’s creation from Lanhydrock, Magnolia ‘Albatross’, is out but…

5th July

…from me that Lanhydrock is better! An odd house well off the beaten track with a faint hint of abandonment and in need of some serious investment. The terraced garden…

13th March

…be larger ‘shows’ but these new hybrids will be more suitable for smaller gardens. 6. The sprengeris which are normally so early and often battered were superb. ‘Lanhydrock’, ‘Marwood Hill’,…

2nd May

…a campbellii shape so this may be a rather special plant which merits more investigation and propagation. Peter Borlaise was the former head gardener at Lanhydrock. Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlaise’…

7th July

…Magnolia macrophylla subsp ashei which he cut today. The dark purple central markings within the flower are normally hidden when on the tree as they were at Lanhydrock 10 or…

21st July

Lanhydrock garden do this well in their excellent herbaceous section. So easy with mobile phones to then take away the proper name and educate! There are more plaques to commemorate…