3rd July

…before now. Has there ever previously been so many flower spikes? Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum var. caudatifolium nearby is flowerless….

20th December

…var. megaphyllum. Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum A slightly different leaf structure on Vaccinium dunalianum var. caudatifolium (NMWJ 14558) and no flowers or fruits yet. Planted only…

25th September

…Roy Lancaster’s unnamed Chinese species of climbing rose Roy Lancaster’s unnamed Chinese species of climbing rose Vaccinium urceolatum with ripe black fruits. Vaccinium urceolatum Vaccinium urceolatum Vaccinium urceolatum The usual…

13th October

…a gift from Rod White. Now a thriving large shrub and covered in unripe berries. Vaccinium dunalianum var. magaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum var. magaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum var. magaphyllum Ilex x altaclerensis…

10th April

…azalea Another Wilson 50 azalea Phillyrea angustifolia is making a good flowering clump in the Isla Rose. Phillyrea angustifolia Vaccinium corymbosum nicely in flower. Vaccinium corymbosum Vaccinium corymbosum I am…

11th May

…Syringa vulgaris My favourite Icelandic poppies on the drive here. Icelandic poppies Vaccinium urceolatum in flower in the Rockery. Vaccinium urceolatum Vaccinium urceolatum 2024 – CHW I still have no…

30th July

…now. We saw the buds about a fortnight ago. Still a reddish tinge to the flowers but this has faded. Vaccinium dunalianum v. megaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum v. megaphyllum Steve Dance…

1st August

Vaccinium megaphyllum Vaccinium megaphyllum 2018 – CHW The joys of rain at last at the weekend! Hopefully the drought of 2018 is over just in time to save the big…

27th August

…Crug Farm’s Vaccinium dunalianum x caudatifolium (NMWJ 14558) is another completely new species to us and not to be confused with our Vaccinium dondaldianum. Vaccinium dunalianum x caudatifolium (NMWJ 14558)…

19th October

…Plantation is now at its absolute best. Vaccinium corymbosum Vaccinium corymbosum 2023 – CHW A fine show of secondary flowers on the RHS Plant of the Decade – Viburnum plicatum…

1st June

…pink in the white flowers. Deutzia subulata Deutzia subulata Vaccinium cylindraceum looking very fine today. Vaccinium cylindraceum This is the first time we have actually seen the very tiny red…

26th June

…3 years on the big leaf species below Burns Bank.. Decent growth Decent amounts of fruit on Vaccinium corymbosum which are just starting to change colour. Vaccinium corymbosum Camellia japonica…

9th July

…form. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Fruit flowering on Vaccinium corymbosum. Vaccinium corymbosum Salix fargesii has died not from drought but, I suspect, honey fungus. Salix fargesii The best blue mophead hydrangeas…

30th September

…of sasanqua 2022 – CHW After heavy rain for 16 hours another planting day with the ground rather wetter.Berries on Vaccinium retusum as it goes into the ground. Vaccinium retusum…

2nd October

…of Lithocarpus lepidocarpus planted in 2008. Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Rising Sun’ covered in pink seed capsules. Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Rising Sun’ Vaccinium corymbosum with early autumn colour. Vaccinium corymbosum Not a day…

14th January

…while the other 2 plants on the drive are nearly over. Camellia ‘Yuletide’ Loads of ripe seed on Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum. Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum Schefflera shweliensis (TH 3330)…

6th April

…Then everyone could just look at their feet. I wonder why the three Vaccinium floribundum above the greenhouse which were doing so well have suddenly all died? MAGNOLIA ‘Big Dude’…

3rd September

…farm in St Austell. Now we have something even worse! Susyn Andrews can now identify this ancient clump of Gaultheria hookeri or Vaccinium wardii with these pictures of the seed…

16th October

…2022 – CHW Seeds forming on Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum – a gift from Rod White. Vaccinum dunalianum var. megaphyllum Vaccinum dunalianum var. megaphyllum First flower out on Camellia sasanqua…

9th February 1897 – 2020

…on the Big Vib. fragrans, Meliosma veitchiorum, the most western Euonymus fimbriatus (note correct name: Lucidus), one Vaccinium ovatum. Several other plants? The small Reevesia The single Corylopsis near Reevesia…