18th July

…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 ‘Amistad’ Salvia ‘Amistad’ 2017 –…

8th July

…faced hedge top or bank outside Malvern House in the village. I have spotted it there over the years and was not sure, until now, if it was a Crassula…

Visit to Tregrehan – 12th March 2022

…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…

6th March

Village which I have been admiring for the last three weeks. I had thought initially that it was Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ but it clearly is not when I get out…

22nd May

…their 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…

27th June

…us by opening. 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…

7th November

…number of times Billy was retrieved from the village shop in Stithians doing the same thing on quiet days showed they had very similar genes! Billy First flower out and…

13th July

…seed in the wind. Meconopsis cambrica Meconopsis cambrica Sedum album, white stonecrop, now full out on the hedge of Malvern House in the village. Sedum album Sedum album Hydrangea ‘Zorro’…

19th February

…Pinus insignis is leaning a bit over the sunken sitting outside area at the Village Hall but I do not think there is a real threat of it collapsing, at…

19th July

…Portholland to the castle and village. The BT plans are not very accurate but fortunately the existing cable is in ducting for about 25% of the route rather than on…