1st March 1897 – 2020

…next weekends Rosemoor show. snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow The Daphne bholua outside my window is definitely deceased in the cold wind. How many magnolias…

19th March

Snow’ and Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (NZ form). Fallen petals under Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia x willaimsii ‘Caerhays’ on Burns Bank. Camellia x willaimsii ‘Caerhays’ M. cylindrica x M. campbelli ‘Darjeeling’ flowering…

18th April

…next spring. Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Likewise some young Rhododendron burmanicum. Rhododendron burmanicum Rhododendron burmanicum I peeled the bark off an elderly Betula albosinensis to…

28th February 1897 – 2020

…cut last summer late in the season when they had seeded naturally and were dormant. a carpet of primroses The snowdrops are now over again for this year. So pretty…

29th May

…Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – yellow form A carpet of fallen flowers under one of the Rhododendron ‘Mrs Bulters’. A carpet of fallen flowers Rhododendron ‘Tally Ho’ is tucked away unseen…

21st July

carpet of seedlings have popped up in the drought. Most Cornish plants that I have seen (and the one at Burncoose) are female. Here separate male and female trees grow…

9th December

Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Carpinus kawakamii proving yet again that it is an evergreen species with us. Reddish new growth already evident and not…

7th March

…last year. 2022 planted. Magnolia ‘Snow Blood’ Magnolia ‘Snow Blood’ Magnolia ‘Snow Blood’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’s Forge’ also much better. 2022 planted. Magnolia ‘Vulcan’s Forge’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’s Forge’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’…

11th April

…far on. 1917 – JCW Very late season, early yellow stuff just starting, snow this morning, impossible to stop snow? Outside nearly all the stuff is or has been frosted….

3rd March 1897 – 2020

…do not know. Cryptomeria japonicas Snow still lies in drifts on the lawn or on west facing slopes. Snow still lies in drifts on the lawn Mainly Camellia leaves blown…

28th November

Snow Michael’ is nearly going over. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ First flowers high up on the old original Camella ‘Cornish Snow’ below Donkey Shoe. Camellia ‘Cornish…

10th December

…of buds showing colour but the frost may well get them. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ 2021 – CHW The electrics are finally attached to the new incinerator at…

29th November

…We need to propagate from the two plants above the ‘George Blandford’. ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Three Corokias with masses of different coloured fruits: Corokia…

19th December

…Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ 2020 – CHW Roy Lancaster’s Christmas card also said that his Carpinus rankinensis was still in full leaf. So is ours!…

19th April

…‘Miss Tulare’ A carpet of flowers under the hedgerow of Camellia ‘Brigadoon’. Camellia ‘Brigadoon’ Rhododendron davidsonianum now full out. Rhododendron davidsonianum Azara dentata plastered in flower. Azara dentata Azara dentata…

14th February

…Fatsia polycarpa Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ resilient in the background of a Michelia which still has its leaves intact despite the wind. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ The clump of dead Chusquea gigantea…

28th March

…and grab machine. Caerhays Bramble Field track Rhododendron suoilenhense just coming out. Rhododendron suoilenhense Rhododendron suoilenhense 2024 – CHW Still a few decent flowers on Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ 4…

13th November

…indumentum on the underside of the leaves quite something too! Rhododendron bureavii Rhododendron bureavii First flowers on Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’ Secondary…

12th April

…‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ is one of the liliiflora ‘Nigra’ x stellata crosses with girls’ names. Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ Magnolia ‘Randy’ A carpet of fallen flowers…

Irish trip April 2018

…to collect Thomas Methuen-Campbell. Osmanthus delavayi full out and looking fine. One of four in square beds featuring a magnolia. Osmanthus delavayi Osmanthus delavayi Typical snow damage on Ceanothus thyrsiflorus…