10th June

…the Caerhays charity fete on Sunday. flower festival flower festival flower festival flower festival flower festival flower festival flower festival flower festival flower festival flower festival flower festival flower festival

15th June

…the church to see the 2024 Flower Festival with the grandchildren. The entrance adorned with Cornus ‘Satomi’. All sponsored by Burncoose Nurseries. The theme is Cornish industries. The scent overwhelming….

19th February 1897 – 2020

‘Spring Festival’ Camellia ‘Spring Festival‘Spring Festival’ Opposite them is an ancient clump of Leujocum aestivum already in flower. The ‘summer snowflake’ and a form of snowdrop normally out in…

10th April

…weekend but not from Caerhays. Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ First flowering of a young replacement Prunus ‘Amanogawa’. Prunus ‘Amanogawa’ Azalea ‘Saotome’ (?) outside the front gates. Azalea ‘Saotome’…

8th April

…sasanqua ‘Sweet Jane’ – likewise. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sweet Jane’ Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ – ditto. Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ Camellia ‘Spring Mist’ Camellia ‘Spring Mist’ Prunus maakii ‘Amber Beauty’ – glorious in…

29th April

…weekend. Here are the details of this rare and original plant which still grows above the top wall. 2022 – CHW Steve Dance took this photograph of Camellia ‘Spring Festival’…

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…we grow here – one of only two). Camellia japonica ‘Dewatairin’ Camellia japonica ‘Holly Bright’ – we imported this from Stervinou. Camellia japonica ‘Holly Bright’ Camellia japonica ‘Spring Festival’ Camellia…

3rd May

…some of the malus species and varieties which we are now assembling to plant in the autumn/spring in the Kitchen Garden now it is completely cleared. A lot more to…

16th June

…pleased by the wet Frankie not so pleased by the wet Frankie not so pleased by the wet Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ with secondary new growth. Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’…

22nd June

…drive. Acer caudatifolium (A. kawakamii) Good new growth on the large rhododendrons planted out in the spring of 2023 in the centre of Old Park. new growth on the large…

12th March

…sargentiana var. robusta seedling 2024 RHS Spring Flower Show. RHS Spring Flower Show RHS Spring Flower Show RHS Spring Flower Show RHS Spring Flower Show RHS Spring Flower Show RHS…

18th June

…(SBEC 1022) still full of flowers and bees. Syringa yunnanensis (SBEC 1022) Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ even better than we saw it at the flower festival adorning the entrance to the…

21st June

…hollow trees from the spring clear out. The older females will soon be producing their second batch of youngsters to plague us come the autumn. Much less evidence of bark…

18th March 1897 – 2020

…‘Bokukan’ from a distance but it is a much larger flower and a different colour. Camellia ‘Sundae’ Camellia ‘Sundae’ It is too cold a spot for Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ which…

16th February

spring has arrived in England. Spring has arrived in Cornwall, today 16 February 2024. The date was declared by The Nare, together with The Great Gardens of Cornwall, as part…

7th November

…– Arts & Culture Impact Fund Julie Finch CEO – Hay Festival Dominic Hare CEO – Blenheim Palace Lady Violet Manners CEO & Founder HeritageXplore Charles Williams Owner – Caerhays…

12th October

spring bronzy leaves. This early leaf bronzing is seldom seen in small young plants in pots. Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ 1947 – CW Returned from Scotland. Very dry…

26th March

…as usual, Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’. Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ from Lunaplant. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ from Lunaplant. Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ Magnolia ‘Diana’ from…

28th March

…Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ First flowering of Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ from Germany. Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ First flowering of Magnolia ‘Diana’ from Germany. Magnolia ‘Diana’ 2022…

18th April

…‘Purple Planets’ Malus ‘Obelisk’ – grows as its name implies. Malus ‘Obelisk’ Prunus ‘Spring Show’ growing away nicely. Prunus ‘Spring Show’ Prunus ‘Spring Show’ Malus ‘Harry Baker’ – pleasant enough…