…this in any reference books. Mandevilla ‘Sundavill’ Mandevilla ‘Sundavill’ Mandevilla ‘Sundavill’ Salvia ‘Amistad’ was a good tall growing form with dark flowers. As good as ‘Love and Wishes’ perhaps? Salvia…

…tree. Larix kongboensis Larix kongboensis Michelia floribunda as splendid as ever. Michelia floribunda Grevilla barklyana – a large spreading shrub with slivery undersides to its leaves. Grevilla barklyana Grevilla barklyana…

…scent! Daphne bhuloa ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bhuloa ‘Mary Rose’ This is a large rhododendron beside the road at the bottom of the hill in Grampound Village which I have been…

…tillaea. The reason I plump for S. angelicum is that is grows on a similarly bare stone faced hedge top or bank outside Malvern House in the village. I have…

…good as ever. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ This Pinus insignis is leaning a bit over the sunken sitting outside area at the Village Hall but I do not…

…local village shop for groceries during lockdown? What is the difference between takeaway food at a beach café and a village shop? Still the government will not respond to the…

…Lampranthus orange Mandevilla laxa is tender but a really wonderful conservatory climber. No obvious scent though. Mandevilla laxa 2015 – CHW At the Four in Hand a 40 year old…

…dry seed heads are scattering their seed in the wind. Meconopsis cambrica Meconopsis cambrica Sedum album, white stonecrop, now full out on the hedge of Malvern House in the village….

…a shagging expedition after a day’s shooting. The number of times Billy was retrieved from the village shop in Stithians doing the same thing on quiet days showed they had…

…house in the village is a Cotoneaster bullatus producing a fine show of berries. Cotoneaster bullatus Ross has felled the other half of the youngish beech tree which split in…

…source of income is a farms shop in a nearby village and the tenant owns another farm himself. A classic case for getting planning permission to turn both barns into…

…serve Caerhays and Portholland villages and neighbouring farms until the mid-1960s when mains water arrived. There were a series of lagoons in the river which fed water to gravity fed…

…car park was looking particularly fine with the seed heads showing a hint of pink. Carpinus betulus Carpinus betulus Hook Norton village has always had wonderful gardens. Here a fine…

…below Slydepark and removed yet another tree trunk from the river. ditches Edwina has brought a spray of Cotoneaster bullatus with berries from her garden in the village. Cotoneaster bullatus…

…seat at the Look Out for the public to enjoy the view from the coastal path. The seat was purchased by money leftover from the village hall social club when…

…village of Frosterley. The snowberries were very fine and just starting to drop off the trees in a wind. Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus A magnificent Sequoiadendron…

…season for rhodo buds. 1920 – JCW Came from Scotland this morning. The villages and towns of Cornwall all lack water in many places as never before, but things like…

…2018 – CHW Eriobotrya japonica flowering away in a garden in the village. Far too late for there to be any production of fruits despite the dry summer. Only once…

…tiny! 2019 – CHW Thick fog and drizzle today where you could scarcely see 100 yards especially in the village.Camellia ‘Noblissima’ has been out by the front door for a…

…the Top Lodge and in the village are shedding leaves but the rain may just have saved them. Spores from Dicksonia antarctica caught in cobwebs under the long fruiting fronds….