…to show. This tree once grew in my grandmother’s house in St Mawes. Catalpa bignonoides Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ is now nicely out by the top lodge. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea…

…Cyclocurya paliuris (SICH 1784) Cyclocurya paliuris Ehreitia macrophylla Ehreitia macrophylla Ehreitia macrophylla Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Acer tegmentosum ‘Valley Phantom’ Acer tegmentosum ‘Valley Phantom’ Acer tegmentosum…

…Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ – top end of clearing to top lodge. Smaller growing and a distinct upright habit. Attractive pointed flowers but short lived…

…Phantom’ Acer tegmentosum ‘Valley Phantom’ Odd shaped seed pods on Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ – only a few. Magnolia kobus ‘Octopus’ A rather larger effort on Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’….

…Mont Blanc  ‘Phantom’ which we do stock but I have never seen it flowering this well in the nursery Phantom Phantom Our taller growing Monarda varieties always look scruffy…

…Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ A 2019 present from Windsor coming into leaf – Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ with exceptional white bark to follow presumably. Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ Eurya japonica just…

…dry enough to place out the large rhododendrons Finally dry enough to place out the large rhododendrons Magnolia (Michelia) doltsopa ‘White Phantom’ was named and registered last year. Magnolia (Michelia)…

…japonica ‘Black Magic’. Camellia japonica ‘Black Magic’ Camellia japonica ‘Black Magic’ New leaf and flower on Acer ‘Valley Phantom’. Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ 2024 – CHW I may have seen a…

…attractively. A wonderful border shrub with crinum or crocosmia. Heptacodium miconoides Heptacodium miconoides Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Phantom’ is still out above Red Linney and very late for a Hydrangea quercifolia. All…

…Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ Seed heads on Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’. Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ from the Crown Estates. Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ Deutzia longifolia (White Form) with…

…preferred name to register the seedling he raised. Then we can try to get it registered. These pictures may help. A large tree already. The chosen name is ‘White Phantom’….

…and our Magnolia exhibits and the Caerhays Michelia stand.Michael has decided to call his new Michelia hybrid ‘White Phantom’ and an application for registration will go off shortly to Magnolia…

…in the garden. TB testing of 250 animals today so chaos in the yard. Do we have a phantom gate opener though as this is the second example of cattle…

…H. paniculata varieties to catch up on around and about (‘Phantom’, ‘White Lady’, ‘Limelight’). It would be a good idea to plant more clumps of the newer paniculata varieties on…

…Burncoose Wreath making workshops at Burncoose Fruits on Sorbus needhamii planted out in October. Sorbus needhamii Jaimie and Michael inspect their aerial layers on the newly registered Michelia ‘White Phantom’….