24th April

…sell these and have not! The reddish one I discover is ‘Salmon Pink Cushion’ and the pinker one is ‘Gerards Salmon’. Well worth propagating now! Azalea ‘Salmon Pink Cushion’ Azalea…

7th April

…‘Gerard’s Salmon’ Azalea ‘Gerard’s Salmon’ Azalea ‘Gerard’s Salmon’ This Metrosideros which has been grown on lovingly in the greenhouse for years is destined to try its luck against this wall…

20th April

…days of it. Originally from Glendoick. Azalea ‘Salmon Pink’ Azalea ‘Salmon Pink’ Planted only last year but now five flowers on Magnolia ‘Honeybelle’. Quite a nice shape as it opens…

30th July

Salmon’ is a pleasant pink with dark brown leaves like the popular Lobelia ‘Queen Victoria’. Lobelia ‘Fan Salmon’ Lobelia ‘Fan Salmon’ Rudbeckia ‘Tiger Eye Gold’ is a lowish growing good…

3rd March

…‘Darjeeling’ The hose in hose Azalea ‘Salmon Kirin’ nicely out as well. Azalea ‘Salmon Kirin’ 2021 – CHW With a bit of sun and east wind the magnolias are rushing…

30th April

…Trochodendron aralioides Trochodendron aralioides A young Rhododendron smirnowii with its first two flowers. Rhododendron smirnowii Azalea ‘Salmon Pink Cushion’ Azalea ‘Salmon Pink Cushion’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ still with its…

26th April

…(deep salmon-pink and very early into flower with last year’s quinces still on the tree) C. japonica – Crinodendron Hedge C. cathayensis – Crinodendron Hedge (biggest fruits and biggest thorns)…

18th February

…armandii Azalea ‘Salmon Kirin’ out at the garden entrance. ‘Kirin’ was out here just after Christmas. Azalea ‘Salmon Kirin’ 2022 – CHW Storm Dudley was a non-event in Cornwall yesterday…

15th June

…name Deutzia ‘Strawberry Fields’ by the Hovel Turning is one of those shrubs which can readily leap out of a smaller garden into a woodland context. For what it is…

21st April

…be paperless) packing sheds. Only the drama and thought from Andrew has allowed us to turn a crisis into a major leap forward for our website mail order business.I will…

13th March 1897 – 2020

…flowering for the first time here, may well surpass Venus in the years to come. This is the next great leap forward in magnolia breeding which will give magnolia lovers…

15th January 1897- 2020

…especially on wet days. Not quite what we originally planned a few years ago but a great leap forward none the less. All disabled/wheelchair friendly we hope with a staff…

9th December

…Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ seedling in Tin Garden which we pollarded in February has made a bold leap to recovery and is still holding green leaves on the new young shoots…

1st August

…perhaps cover it with mypex? All to decide but a big leap forward in our space for growing on rare plants propagated here. new greenhouse new greenhouse Cornus controversa seedlings…

4th July

…just won a Gold Medal at Hampton Court for a display of their national collection of astilbe. Wonderful! A great leap forward for a garden usually famous only for its…

2nd July

…but gigantic leap forward and might even help John Williams get to know his plant names rather better and more quickly in the future. Certainly it would help with everything…

31st May

…‘Macrantha Pink’ Azalea indica ‘Macrantha Pink’ Azalea indica ‘Balsaminaeflorum’ (Azalea rosiflora) (Rhododendron indicum ‘Balsaminaeflorum) is nearly over but its double salmon pink/red flowers are superb. Does not propagate easily. Azalea…

4th October

…this later. Ilex lalifolia Ilex lalifolia Ilex lalifolia Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ with more berries than ever this year. The berries are yellow but will eventually turn salmon-pink. After 30 years…

3rd November

…really are now salmon-pink having started yellow. Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Rhododendron ‘Polyroy’ has a set of tertiary flowers. Rhododendron ‘Polyroy’ Rhododendron ‘Polyroy’ 2016 – CHW The seed…

15th December

…fargesiana (KR 8180) 2022 – CHW Magnolia decidua eventually becomes deciduous. Magnolia decidua Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ with its salmon pink ripe fruits. Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ The last…