13th January

‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ at its very best. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ with irregular chlorotic/variegated leaves, as is normal, nearer ground level. Camellia x vernalis…

28th December

…x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ We made a video clip of how to prune Cytisus ‘Porlock’ (Genista ‘Porlock’) earlier in the year using this…

1st November

‘Dawn’ and Camellia x vernalis ‘Yuletide’ Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ outside the nursery cash point. A harbinger of winter. Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ The groundworks for the new loading bay and larger…

12th February 1897 – 2020

…Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Clematis armandii is just starting into flower outside the School…

18th January

…flowers start to drop. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ The 124 year old Magnolia stellata will be out quite soon. A gnarled old tree against the castle…

6th December

…I am not sure if ‘Ginryu’ has variegated leaves but our 1897 planted ‘Dawn’ definitely does. Some signs of recent frost damage to older flowers. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia…

9th February 1897 – 2020

…‘Dorothys Dawn’ Helleborus Frostkiss ‘Dorothys Dawn’ Helleborus Frostkiss ‘Dorothys Dawn’ Helleborus ‘Pink Beauty’ – flowers have pink coverings or bracts but open a creamy white. Helleborus ‘Pink Beauty’ Helleborus ‘Pink

7th January

…triandrus Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ now full out. This plant has been heavily pruned over the years and is a thick bush with some leaf variegation. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’…

8th November

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Little Liane’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Little Liane’ Camellia sasanqua ‘New Dawn’. Camellia sasanqua ‘New Dawn’ Camellia sasanqua ‘New Dawn’ Camellia oleifera x sasanqua ‘Survivor’. Camellia oleifera x…

4th January

…away but this is a special piece of Caerhays camellia history. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Cytisus ‘Porlock’ with…

17th November

…Plena’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ “Maiden’s Blush” “Maiden’s Blush” “Maiden’s Blush” “Everards’s Delight”…

24th December

…Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ A red sky as dawn breaks over Burncoose. red sky as dawn Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ in fine flowering form. Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Three…

28th June

…‘Sonoma’ Trachelospermum asiaticum ‘Pink Shower’ by the shop. Not very pink! Trachelospermum asiaticum ‘Pink Shower’ Trachelospermum asiaticum ‘Pink Shower’ The trunk has been extracted. The trunk The trunk And here…

5th April

‘Pink Royalty’ or possibly Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Lady Woodsman’ (M. brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x M. ‘Pink Surprise’) flowering for the first time. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x M. ‘Pink Royalty’ Magnolia…

26th April

…only really has a hint of pink in bud and you have to strain your eyes to see the pink in the tepals after that. Magnolia ‘Pink Kobus’ Acer palmatum…

16th June

…Dusk’. Very tall growing for a nepeta and not obviously a nepeta to look at. Nepeta grandiflora ‘Dawn to Dusk’ Nepeta grandiflora ‘Dawn to Dusk’ Azalea viscosum is always a…

26th December

…by the Dining Room. Narcissus flowers Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) at its very best and undamaged by rain, wind or frost. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) Camellia x vernalis…

8th December

…brown leaves holding well on the tree. Not seen it do this before and attractive in mid December. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’…

2nd June

…east winds. Pinkish red Pinkish red Pinkish red Pinkish red Then a red one with an orange flare. red red Still tight buds on Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’. Styrax japonicus…

25th October

…williamsii ‘November Pink’ in the Main Quarry. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ We saw a male plant of Ilex cornuta in flower a week or…