Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…Tulare’ Camellia japonica ‘Augusto Leal de Gouveia Pinto’ Camellia japonica ‘Augusto Leal de Gouveia Pinto’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Joan Trehane’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Joan Trehane’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ Camellia…

30th January

…from Trehane Nursery. camellias for planting out from Trehane Nursery One is Camellia (hybrid) ‘Spring Mist’. A pleasant small white double flower and lots of them! Camellia (hybrid) ‘Spring Mist’…

8th March

…‘Pink Icicle’ CAMELLIA ‘Mary Costa’ Browned ‘Mary Costa’ Too overcast really for photography but an attempt to sort out the naming of the newish camellias (ex Trehane) where the old…

29th April

…into shape or does it just have a very erect and upright habit when mature? Jennifer Trehane’s book confirms that it does have an upright habit. Bred in California in…

18th March

…Magnolia ‘Petite Chicon’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Laura Boscawen’ as a hedge in the estate office car park at Tregothnan. This was bred by David Trehane and is similar to ‘Debbie’…

8th April

…Judging camellias with Jennifer Trehane at the show. More classes than I expected but four judges was overkill. Trewithen deservedly won the main class for 12 different blooms plus the…

17th November

…cuttings from Kyoto in Japan, cuttings from China and plants from Trehane’s nursery and the former Loder gardens. Despite some casualties and deer damage many plants are already 10-12ft tall….

1st July

…Philip and I found a good flower on Camellia ‘Joan Trehane’. 1995 – FJW We have had 5 very hot days and need rain. 1976 – FJW Very dry –…

8th January

…new to the 2018 catalogue. Rather like Camellia ‘Bokuhen’ I think? Even Camellia ‘Amemoniflora’ but darker? A Trehane introduction I suspect? Camellia ‘Sundae’ First rather poor flowers on the young…

20th February

…pm.A plant which Jennifer Trehane calls Camellia cuspidata var cuspidata (or C. cuspidata to mere mortals!). Very clearly one of the parents of Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ – the other being…