9th June

…Foerster’. Arisaema consanguineum Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’ Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’ Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ and Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’. Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’ and Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum….

4th October

…autumn leaves. Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ 2017 – CHW The very rare and equally tender Quercus fleuryii looked nearly dead since it was planted in 2011…

17th August

…Monarda ‘Knight Violet’ and Eryngium planum ‘Magical Purple Falls’ Monarda ‘Knight Violet’ and Eryngium planum ‘Magical Purple Falls’ Lobelia siphilitica ‘Blue’and Lobelia ‘Fanship Burgundy’ Lobelia siphilitica ‘Blue’and Lobelia ‘Fanship Burgundy’…

19th October

…Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ has a good yellow hue. Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ is changing nicely too. Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ Catalpa bignonoides ‘Aurea’ with secondary…

29th March

…CHW The garden party visit Tregothnan in a severe westerly gale. A large piece of scaffolding on the house falls down over lunch (in the excellent pub at Ruan Lanihorne)….

6th May

…This quickly falls to £2k when we fail to reply. 2023 – CHW Coronation day here on a drizzly, overcast day with mist and sea fret. Perfect growing weather for…

7th May

…amount of rain, but main falls have missed us and passed by on eastern side. Some good Big Leaved Rhodo’s flowering on Rookery Path. 1928 – JCW Loder’s White as…

26th May

…wiesneri As the rain falls off into the Rockery. Then driven home by the thunder – the dogs do not like it. Rhododendron radicans, one of the most dwarf and…

20th August

…Nothofagus antarctica Rosa ‘Handel’ with a secondary full out flower as dusk falls. Rosa ‘Handel’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ struggling in the drought with shrivelled leaves. Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ Symphoricarpos albus…

27th September

falls (as we have had before with cattle) and I doubt that ponies on their own can really keep the bracken and scrub at bay without additional topping from time…

29th October

…when you look quite hard. Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla 2019 – CHW A search for some surviving autumn colour after the gales have led to heavy leaf falls. Most trees…

4th November

…hupehensis Sorbus hupehensis Malus ‘Jelly King’ with ripe fruits. Malus ‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ 2022 – CHW A huge Pinus insignis tree twists, turns, and falls at the Red…

20th December

falls asleep. No incidents except he calls Will Caws a ‘stupid bastard’ (and you know you are!) for catching his hand when lifting the wheel chair. Very jolly lunch afterwards.Azalea…

13th January 1897- 2020

…showing signs of working immediately! Sunflower seeds are working. A large tree falls at the Green Gate blocking the drive and making quite a mess. The rotten beech tree had…

24th February 1897 – 2020

…or falls over. young bought in grafted plant labelled ‘Alba’ young bought in grafted plant labelled ‘Alba’ Magnolia ‘Vairano’ (Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ x campbellii) is not bad. Burncoose now stocks this….