26th April

…yet. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ may be lime green as it opens but this is how it ends up. Very pretty indeed. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’…

25th August

…in flower before so this is a first for us at Caerhays. Tilia henryana is an autumn flowering lime (not out yet) as well so we now have two limes…

22nd October

…sort of size. Is ‘Fairy Lime’ really going to be that different? Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ 2018 – CHW Autumn colours on Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’. Not…

6th July

Lime’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ 2018 – CHW Off to the Isle of Wight shortly in the continuing heatwave.Deer nibbling on a young magnolia on the…

12th April

…Staphylea bolanderi Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ is now rather more visible. Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ More rhododendron stumps get dug out. rhododendron stumps Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’ Neolitsea sericea ‘Silver…

18th April

…‘Sliver Leaf’ living up to its name. Neolitsea sericea ‘Sliver Leaf’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ making a good show for the first time. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Pittosporum glabratum…

10th May

…Another plant which I had forgotten with a few decent flowers. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Rhododendron ‘Saffron Queen’ far too out to cut for Chelsea. Rhododendron…

1st September

…split fairly easily. cutting up the huge beech tree Hedychium x moorei ‘Tara’ planted in 2020 below the Rabbit Warren. Hedychium x moorei ‘Tara’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ has turned…

12th January

…Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ has hardly any flower buds and they too are miles off flowering. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ 2024 – CHW A youngish (30 year old) Pinus insignis has fallen…

30th April

…do we fail to grow so many Mahonias? What are we doing wrong? Mahonia fortunei ‘Hunter Prince’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ has a lot of pink in the flower when full…

27th August

…Tilia henryana Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ full out and looking good – flower and foliage. Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ is turning colour and now greenish. This is an…

23rd April

…Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ is still in tight bud. If you grew the four fairies in a row (Blush, White, Cream and Lime) as we do in Old Park…

8th April

…a (still small) Magnolia ‘Anne Rosse’ x Magnolia ‘Purple Breeze’. First bud showing colour on the new Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Another of Alan Clarke’s introductions…

1st July

…rhododendrons. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Clouds’ Repairs to the walls on the lawn undertaken by KPK. These are basically to replace/renew lime mix pointing which has fallen out over the years,…

21st October

…is derived Tung oil. Marco Polo wrote in the 13th century ‘The Chinese take some lime and chopped hemp, and these they knead together with a certain wood oil; and

9th October

Lime. Tilia tuan var. chenmoui Tilia tuan var. chenmoui Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’ still growing well on and recovering from the drought. No sign of any colour yet on any of…

20th September

…the slugs have got at. We planted half a dozen new species of lime in the spring. This one has done the best so far. Tilia dasystyla Tilia dasystyla Tilia…

15th September

…planting and see how well plants are doing. Tilia mexicana is a species of lime which I had forgotten we even had but look at the growth since planting in…

30th July

…Lady’, ‘Limelight’). It would be a good idea to plant more clumps of the newer paniculata varieties on the drive (‘Skyfall’, ‘Early Sensation’, ‘Little Lime’, ‘Wims Red’). 2019 – CHW…

11th April

…have seen much darker forms elsewhere. Rhododendron oreotrephes Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ comes out as ‘Fairy White’, alongside, is nearly over. This is just as good. ‘Fairy Lime’, also nearby, is…