14th March 1897 – 2020

…am pretty much sure, Magnolia stellata ‘Water Lily’ which has rather more numerous drooping tepals. Magnolia stellata ‘Water Lily’ Magnolia stellata ‘Water Lily’ Magnolia stellata ‘Water Lily’ Magnolia stellata ‘Water

23rd March

…this. A Felix Jury, New Zealand, bred hybrid from 1967. Camellia x williamsii ‘Water Lily’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Water Lily’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Water Lily’ I took this picture of…

25th March

…still has 2 flowers. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ Magnolia ‘Lily Diva’. Magnolia ‘Lily Diva’ Magnolia ‘Lily Diva’ Magnolia ‘Angelica’. Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’. Magnolia ‘Joe McDaniel’ Magnolia…

15th May

…Here a huge clump with iris like leaves. Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knights Lily) Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knights Lily) Lupinus lepidus is dwarfish growing and flowers in May. I saw it…

2nd February 1897 – 2020

…could probably have done a better job of it. Click here to read my eulogy to my Dad. 2018 – CHW A flower on the arum lily by the front…

17th December

…dry weather. Perfect for pipe laying but less perfect for a field of winter wheat. New water pipe New water pipe New water pipe New water pipe New water pipe…

13th December

…up the water meadows. islands under water islands under water islands under water islands under water King Charles’ 1984 planted blue cedar tree is looking rather battered. King Charles’ 1984…

15th March 1897 – 2020

…a water lily although the ‘rogue’ is very nice indeed and well worth a name in its own right which should probably be ‘Caerhays Water Lily’ to amuse future generations….

29th March

…‘Burgundy Star’, a new red flowered hybrid from New Zealand, goes in above the tennis court.Camellia ‘Water Lily’ is another good, tall growing, upright x williamsii variety. Not as popular…

10th March 1897 – 2020

…path. Rhododendron arboreum No name but a compact habit with a tinge of C. Sasanqua no name Camellia x williamsii ‘Water Lily’ just out. Camellia x williamsii ‘Water Lily’ Camellia…

15th March

…‘Wildcat’ and Magnolia ‘Red as Red’ Magnolia stellata ‘Water Lily’ and Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’. Magnolia stellata ‘Water Lily’ and Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ Magnolia ‘Mighty Mouse’ is actually a…

19th May

…‘Aureus’ Anchusa ‘Loddon Royalist’ and Philadelphus coronarius ‘Aureus’ Calycanthus ‘Venus’ and Stewartia rostrata. Calycanthus ‘Venus’ and Stewartia rostrata Lily martagon ‘Sunny Morning’ and Embothrium lanceolatum ‘Ñorquinco’. Lily martagon ‘Sunny Morning’…

13th August

…Cyrtanthus elatus, the Scarborough Lily, greets us at The Cottage in Yorkshire. Another tender South African lily of some note with scarlet flowers. Cyrtanthus elatus The field has not been…

12th December

…‘Tomuri’ with good autumn colour and full leaf still. Actinidia deliciosa ‘Tomuri’ 2015 – CHW Only in Cornwall could one see an Arum lily (zantedeshia aethiopica) in full growth with…

17th January 1897- 2020

…‘Jacqueline Postill’ Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ The arum lily clump beside it is, as last year, quite untouched by our one night of frost (so far) and the recent hail…

31st January 1897 – 2020

…remarkable. No pissardi. The same as 1924 for R moupinense. No Lent Lily. 1924 – JCW The first Daff opening near four in hand. Heaths are nice. Moupinense is nearly…

11th February 1897 – 2020

…flower. It seems to have been putting on a new growth all winter. Tropaeolum ciliatum Tropaeolum ciliatum First flower for 2017 on the arum lily clump by the gents’ loo….

3rd June

…coming out with its racemes of lily of the valley flowers. This is a large shrub which is already 10ft or so on a bank with drooping branches. Deutzia pulchra…

14th February 1897 – 2020

…now full out on Bond Street; certainly it looks better today than Magnolia ‘Star Wars’, its sister seedling. the water meadows the water meadows Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ So is the…

14th January 1897- 2020

…quickly subside when the tide is out. moors (water meadows) are heavily flooded moors (water meadows) are heavily flooded moors (water meadows) are heavily flooded moors (water meadows) are heavily…