…best plant. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ One of the original Magnolia mollicomatas full out by Red Linney. Magnolia mollicomatas Magnolia mollicomatas Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ just breaking below Red Linney. A curiously shaped…

…so far. Illicium tashiroi Illicium tashiroi Syringa reticulata flowered for the first time last year rather earlier in the year. Today there is a single white flower at the very…

…the castle front but no trees down anywhere yet. The sea rages. This will be the end of the Magnolia mollicomatas and sargentiana robustas which were just going over anyway….

…but if you like variegation this is one for you. Euphorbia choracias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’ Euphorbia choracias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’ Bowkeria verticellata is a tender evergreen South African shrub probably requiring a…

…phytosanitary restrictions so the Nuccio reticulata collection is impossible to access now. The French only have a much more limited range of varieties. Camellia reticulatas, especially grafted plants, are notoriously…

…11868). Styrax tonkinensis (WWJ 11868) Cressy had never seen the enormous and impressive flower tassels on Carpinus fangiana. Quite the best Carpinus species for ‘tassels’ – penile even? They seem…

…Schefflera rhododendrifolia Camellia ‘Valley Knudsen’ was just coming out properly. Camellia ‘Valley Knudsen’ Camellia ‘Valley Knudsen’ Viola odorata flowering away nicely with strong scent. Viola odorata Euphorbia characias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’…

…this genus which is a gigantic task with 6-700 species worldwide. There are 150 species within Cyclobalanopsis. We grow only eight within this category:Quercus morii (young plant)Quercus fleuryi (almost too…

…from Canada and off the plane with no coat. Raining and cold.Stachyurus praecox ‘Joy Forever’. S. praecox has shorter and chubbier flower tassels than Stachyurus chinensis. Flowering properly here for…

…for which I could, sadly, find no label. [It is Geranium ‘Cloud Nine’!] geranium geranium Two newer creations at the end of the garden. Not to my taste but so…

…to sell that they once grew themselves in the huge walled garden beyond Lanhydrock House.The first snowdrop flower in a glasshouse. snowdrop 200 Hostas for £1.00 each. Hostas 200 Primula…

…manure over the years old age has caught up with them. At least some of these reticulatas were planted in 1897. Unlike most camellias reticulatas do not reshoot when cut…

…together One of the original Magnolia mollicomatas is superb. One of the original Magnolia mollicomatas A second (seedling) Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ is not as good as the now named plant…

…sasanqua ‘Narumigatas’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigatas’ One can only marvel at the Ginkgo biloba as its astonishing show this year finally drops. Eight weeks of splendour! Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo…

…but we will store it and see. Illicium aff. Griffithii Still a few flowers left (with scent) on Illicium tashiroi. Illicium tashiroi Illicium tashiroi One of the young Camellia pitardii…

…two more dying Agave americana. Agave americana Agave americana Chitalpa tashkentensis flowering sparsely as a small tree on a hot dry bank. Chitalpa tashkentensis Chitalpa tashkentensis Eucomis bicolor in an…

…expect. Podocarpus ‘County Park Fire’ Rhododendron tashiroi (perhaps?) – conceivably Rhododendron wadanum? But this is a 100 year old plant which has been cut down a few times. Rhododendron tashiroi…

…tassels on Carpinus japonica. This plant has been in leaf for three weeks. Carpinus japonica Carpinus tschonoskii with its first ever flower tassels. Carpinus tschonoskii Carpinus orientalis with rather tiny…

…forming on Humulus lupus ‘Aureus’. Humulus lupus ‘Aureus’ A fine display of potted Hostas. Hostas Hosta fortunei albomarginata in flower. Hosta fortunei albomarginata Well clipped Buxus sempervirens and Euonymus fortunei…

…bit like ‘Gumpo’ Carpinus fangiana flowering properly for the first time here. The flower tassels will get larger with age. A superb plant and perhaps the best of the Carpinus…