28th April

…Azalea amoena and rhododendron ‘High Sheriff’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ by the lodge. Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ 2022 – CHW A pair of swallows rebuilding their…

4th May

…flowering high up at 12ft or so. I remember planting this lot 40 years ago and they were at waist level for ages. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron…

25th April

…old plants of Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ nearing their last ‘hurrah’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ First flowering here of Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ which I first saw in the Valley…

7th May

…on their last legs. Propagation urgent of this valuable Caerhays hybrid. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron johnstoneanum; a fairly pale form. Rhododendron johnstoneanum Rhododendron ‘Nancor’, a dwarfish Caerhays…

22nd April

‘Veryan Bay’ in flower. Jaimie cut down half of it last autumn and what is left is leggy and sick. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ New leaves appearing on Carpinus turczaninowii var….

17th May

…flowering properly. Rehderodendron kweichowense Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ outside the back yard nearly over before Chelsea. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron zaleucum still flowering a little after its…

3rd May

…clumps have been cut back at least twice. Rhododendron ovatum I had forgotten that we do have more plants of Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ on Burns Bank. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Wisteria…

9th December

…weeks after we first saw them. Camellia oleifera The Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ hedge is also just out high up. Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ is…

4th February

…not reshoot at all. Rhododendron keysii Acer laevigata still evergreen even if battered. Acer laevigata Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’ I think. I had guessed ‘Kitty’ but was wrong. Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’…

18th March

…and only one female. Cephalotaxus fortunei A bay hedge (Laurus nobilis) blasted to bits in Kennel Close by the east wind. bay hedge bay hedge Abies delavayi with sappy white…