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…

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’…

9th December

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 a hint of…

29th November

…suggest that this is not just Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ but ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ or ‘Michael’ (after Charlie Michael the head gardener here until 1956). ‘Michael’, they say, is a larger…

13th May

…Aberdeen Angus bulls Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ contrasting gorgeously with Rhododendron niveum. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ First flowers on Rhododendron degronianum hept. ‘Oki Koki’. Rhododendron degronianum hept. ‘Oki Koki’ Allen…

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…

11th May

…‘Black Swan’ leaves a week on. Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ just out. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ A young Magnolia nitida getting…

19th March 1897 – 2020

…nearly all gone snow had nearly all gone snow had nearly all gone snow had nearly all gone 2017 – CHW The tour party visits Tregothnan for a very jolly…

4th October

…coccinea ‘Snow Maiden’ Hesperantha coccinea ‘Snow Maiden’ Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Euonymus fortunei ‘Harlequin’. Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Euonymus fortunei ‘Harlequin’ Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald n’ Gold’….

24th May

…A young Sorbus gonggashanica putting on a good show. Sorbus gonggashanica Sorbus gonggashanica Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ now at its very best. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Aesculus assamica. Aesculus…

10th December

…frost may well get them. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ 2021 – CHW The electrics are finally attached to the new incinerator at the farm which has now to…

19th December

…this cross and was Head Gardener here until 1955, (C. cuspidata x C, saluenensis) Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ 2020 – CHW Roy Lancaster’s Christmas card…

11th February

…C3 80/100 Cassiopeia C12 100 Anne Leitner C12 200 Pink Flanell C3 100 Summer Rose C12 220 Vulcan’s Forge C12 160 Diana C12 160 Livia C3 100 Snowblood C20 180…

12th October

…grandiflora ‘Galissonniere’ catching the sun. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Galissonniere’ Camillia ‘Snow Flurry’ is full out above the Hovel. Camillia ‘Snow Flurry’ Camillia ‘Snow Flurry’ A clump of hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ which…

25th July

…new growth but not that different. Gaura ‘Belleza’ Alstroemeria ‘Indian Summer’ – tall growing with bronzy foliage. Alstroemeria ‘Indian Summer’ Alstroemeria ‘Indian Summer’ Alstroemeria ‘Summer Breeze’ – same applies. Nice…

13th November

…leaves quite something too! Rhododendron bureavii Rhododendron bureavii First flowers on Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’ Secondary flowering on Rhododendron ‘Tinner’s Blush’. Rhododendron…

6th April

…emerging. Rhododendron kesangiae Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Magnolia ‘Honey Tulip’ just coming out rather early. Magnolia ‘Honey Tulip’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ some way off its best. Rhododendron ‘Snow

17th November

…chinensis Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ (Camellia oleifera x ‘Frosted Princess’) on Burns Bank was full out today. Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ Colour on Magnolia ‘Joli Pompom’ which I had…

1st August

…Kennel Close this spring. An excellent upright growing and bushy form. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Likewise the first…

5th August

…quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ with the first hints of pink in the flowerheads. Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ The variegated leaved Luma apiculata ‘Glanleam Gold’ with bits of…