4th February

…guessed ‘Kitty’ but was wrong. Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’ Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’ Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’ A couple more undersized and blown open flowers on the Magnolia ‘Lanarth’. The first flowers blown…

28th April

…Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ and Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ and Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ and Rhododendron davidsonianum. Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ and Rhododendron davidsonianum…

4th May 1897 – 2020

…and flowering high up at 12ft or so. I remember planting this lot 40 years ago and they were at waist level for ages. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’…

11th March

…to Bramble Field Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ just coming out in Tin Garden. Half the bay tree hedge cut back to reshoot by The Pound. Half the bay tree hedge cut…

24th April

…our trip.Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ very fine on the Burncoose drive. Our old plants have are nearly dead and need starting again. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ A large oak…

25th April

…The old plants of Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ nearing their last ‘hurrah’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ First flowering here of Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ which I first saw in the…

April 2018 Irish trip ( Day 2)

…and well pruned tree. It was clearly a chance sport and still has the odd green shoot or branch. Griselinia littoralis ‘Bantry Bay’ Griselinia littoralis ‘Bantry Bay’ Pittosporum eugenoides ‘Variegatum’…

7th May 1897 – 2020

…plants are 12-15ft high, over-mature and on their last legs. Propagation urgent of this valuable Caerhays hybrid. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron johnstoneanum; a fairly pale form. Rhododendron…

18th March 1897 – 2020

…in Kennel Close by the east wind. bay hedge bay hedge Abies delavayi with sappy white new growth shoots. Abies delavayi Abies delavayi Sorbus aff. ligustrifolium flowering for the first…

10th February

…new bay in construction for our green waste compost. A new bay in construction A new rainwater collecting tank on the side of the large order packing shed. A new…

22nd April

Bay’ in flower. Jaimie cut down half of it last autumn and what is left is leggy and sick. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ New leaves appearing on Carpinus turczaninowii var. turczaninowii….

29th April

…The last show on the nearly dead Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Magnolia ‘Daphne’ now at its best. Magnolia ‘Daphne’ A young Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ has its first…

3rd May

…I had forgotten that we do have more plants of Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ on Burns Bank. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Wisteria sinensis and Mahonia japonica. Wisteria sinensis and Mahonia japonica 2023…

17th May

…Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron zaleucum still flowering a little after its haircut last winter. Rhododendron zaleucum Then on to a tour of the garden at…

11th June

…yet tonight? Another day of sea mist and drizzle.Our landscape team finally finished working at 6.30pm on Wednesday at the Carbis Bay Hotel. A project which they started in January!…

13th June

…Carbis Bay Hotel, for whom our landscape team have been working since mid-January, promises a picture of Boris and Biden on our hastily laid new lawn or amid our landscaping…

7th July

…panel 2015 – CHW These are the wonderful coloured cliffs at Alum Bay. Alum Bay, Isle of Wight 2003 – FJW (Handwritten note attached to Garden Book page) Quercus turneri,…

27th October

…good saleable crop of Euonymus moupinensis for the nursery. Euonymus moupinensis Asia has rooted cuttings of Tom’s peculiar narrow leafed bay tree which grows beside Tregrehan House. bay tree Trays…

6th November

…of Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Giving more light to Rhododendron moulmainense and its spectacular bark. We do this every 3-5 years but the protection of neighbouring camellias is…

14th November

…Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Atropurpureum’. Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Atropurpureum’ 2020 – CHW Yesterday at Burncoose where renovation work is progressing well.The new trade order loading and unloading bay. bay renovation work…