30th January

…is, as usual, outstanding and very early (C. sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ x C. reticulata ‘Damanao’). Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Christmas Beauty’ with its first late January…

16th February

…down have been badly pecked by pheasants. Camellia japonica ‘Drama Girl’ Camellia japonica ‘Drama Girl’ Rhododendron moulmainense now full out a week on from when we last saw it beginning…

17th December

…Darragh. Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ In a group of Camellia cuspidata only one is in flower. Camellia cuspidata The one in flower has a cascading habit…

29th December

…out and rather good despite the recent weather. Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Show Girl’ First flower on Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ right at the top of the…

8th January

…nitida when I saw it at Tregrehan. Parakmeria lotungensis Jasminum nudiflorum well out as you would expect. Jasminum nudiflorum Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ had a flower out last week at Caerhays…

1st August

…for next year but some may be better than we have or we may sell them one day.Rosa ‘Birthday Girl’ Rosa ‘Birthday Girl’ Rosa ‘Birthday Girl’ Rosa ‘Birthday Girl’ Rosa…

8th February

…ought to be more widely grown and enjoyed. Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ 2022 – CHW Frankie’s digger parked up in Old Park…

20th January

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ Camellia cuspidata just out in Rookery. Not many flowers this year. Camellia cuspidata Camellia cuspidata Camellia cuspidata This prompted me to see…

30th May

…Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ Rehmannia elata Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘China Girl’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘China Girl’ Styrax…

28th December

…japonica 2019 – CHW Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ with its irregular and sometimes minimal yellow leaf blotching or variegation has been out for some time outside the School Room. The…

16th July

…as follows: St Michael’s Church, Caerhays £4000 Cornwall Air Ambulance £4000 St Austell Scout Group £2500 (towards their new kitchen) Pre school Tregony School £2500 (to fund outing for 171…

19th October

…smelling unpleasant. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Symphoricarpos albus has clusters of white ‘snowberries’ on the lawn although in full shade here. My mother made us dig…

1st November

…sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ fades quickly in colour as you can see here. Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Show Girl’ First flower this year on Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’. Earlier…

4th May

…not a wall shrub. Chaenomales ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomales ‘Geisha Girl’ The rhododendron planting outside the front gate is now complete. Six large leafed sutchuanense hybrids, two ‘Moonstone’, three Rhododendron canadense,…

26th November

…today. I stand by what I said the other day when looking at the small plants in the greenhouse. Very good for November! Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Torrential…

9th April

…Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ on the lawn. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ 2024 – CHW Another major storm last night. Was it a named storm? No idea….

11th March

…just coming out with its gigantic flowers. Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ The Magnolia campbellii which took 43 years to first flower is just out in the mist and…

2nd December

…quinces on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ have turned yellowish orange and are being eaten my mice, rats or pheasants. Terrible smell. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Down…

4th December

…California in 1966. Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Show Girl’ I had expected Camellia cuspidata to be out soon and have checked but here it suddenly is in the Rookery. Only…

22nd February 1897 – 2020

…on Rookery Path. Another new one to us. Camellia ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Show Girl’ These are our own young plants of what may be Camellia cuspidata or they may be…