2nd July

…to the chairman of the trustees? Bowkeria verticillata from South Africa is now 15ft tall and wide with its white calceolaria-like flowers. A wonderful show today in the sun. Bowkeria…

1st April

…x Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Michelia maudiae. Michelia maudiae Michelia ‘Fairy White’. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia cavalieri. Michelia cavaleriei Michelia doltsopa. Michelia doltsopa 2022 – CHW Rhododendron…

26th April

…forwarding to Adrian Agley re dead New Zealand acers)Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ now full out in all its glory. Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Sorbus wardii in…

21st March

…once. Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ largely unfrosted. Strange shape as the bud unfurls. Camellia ‘Giant White’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ First leaves on Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’…

27th March

…kobus ‘White Elegance’. Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ Magnolia ‘Amethyst’. Magnolia ‘Amethyst’ Magnolia ‘Amethyst’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Serene’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Serene’ The…

12th April

…One of the last of the New Zealanders to do so. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ RJW and Isla inspect Magnolia ‘Fairy White’. Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Pink Champagne’…

30th April

…out. Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ Magnolia foggii or Magnolia laevigata ‘White Caviar’. The label isn’t clear but the flowers are not M. foggii or white!? Magnolia foggii or Magnolia laevigata ‘White

10th April

…flower too in the nursery:‘Shady Lady White’ TELOPEA ‘Shady Lady White’ TELOPEA ‘Shady Lady White’ ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ TELOPEA ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ TELOPEA ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ speciosissima TELOPEA speciosissima Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’…

16th October

…first flowers on the largest white Camellia sasanqua. largest white Camellia sasanqua The second, smaller, white Camellia sasanqua is further out. Two days ago nothing. smaller, white Camellia sasanqua smaller,…

18th April

…Sprenger’ – pinkish in bud opening white. Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ Malus ‘Louisa’ – drooping habit and a gentle pink. Malus ‘Louisa’ Malus ‘White Angel’ – top heavy with flower and…

7th June

…We needed website photos. Eremurus x isabellinus ‘Cleopatra’ Eremurus x isabellinus ‘Cleopatra’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Eremurus ‘White Beauty Favourite’ Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’. Flowering with the…

5th April

…kobus ‘White Elegance’ MAGNOLIA kobus ‘White Elegance’ b) First flowering (seen by me anyway) of Magnolia Kobus ‘Octopus’ and Magnolia Kobus ‘White Elegance’. Both look very vigorous but Octopus is…

6th April

…Rhododendron sinogrande on the drive with near white flowers. Rhododendron sinogrande 2022 – CHW White bluebells in a bluebell clump. White bluebells A large gathering for Lord Falmouth’s funeral yesterday…

25th April

…maudiae was the best thing at Furzey today. (Labelled M. doltsopa). Michelia maudiae Rhododendron triflorum – white form. Rhododendron triflorum – white form Rhododendron triflorum – the more conventional colour….

28th April

…the nursery today:Ribes speciosum Ribes speciosum Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Calothamnus quadrifidus – first flowers ever with us on the ‘one sided bottlebrush’. Calothamnus quadrifidus Our…

14th May

…farmer at Summer Lodge, for 27 years. His granddaughter, Rebecca flew him down to Newquay as his Christmas present and they stayed in the Rabbit Warren. John Whitehead John Whitehead…

18th March 1897 – 2020

…size and nowhere near out yet. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ is a Magnolia campbellii x Magnolia liliiflora cross bred in New Zealand…

8th February 1897 – 2020

…campbellii ‘Strybling White’ Storm damaged Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybling White’ Storm damaged Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybling White’ A few other oddments of note out in flower today:Ilex latifolia with berries Ilex latifolia…

16th March 1897 – 2020

…Williams’, Magnolia ‘Burncoose White’ – a form of mollicomata that is almost white growing above the tennis court at Burncoose and now also at Caerhays in Bond Street, Magnolia ‘Bishop…

6th May

…Find’ in the Rockery (perhaps ‘White Fino’?) Rhododendron vaseyi ‘White Find’ A young Rhododendron elliottii thrives but several adjacent rhodos planted a year ago have got severely windblown over winter….