9th November

…Flurry’ and ‘Winter’s Snowman’ are very similar and both could be out. Camellia ‘Winters Joy’ (Camellia sasanqua x Camellia oleifera) just coming out. Camellia ‘Winters Joy’ Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ (Camellia…

19th November

…varieties is full out below the greenhouse. Here we have:‘Winters Toughie’ – a delicate light pink double which opens out flat. Camellia ‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia ‘Winters Toughie’ ‘Snow Flurry’ –…

Magnolias and Climate Change at Caerhays

…usual here, going over.   The newspapers are full of stories of ‘early’ wild flowers and especially primroses and wild daffodils. However the diary proves that, cold winters with snow…

11th November

…to show in this batch of eight different plants. Camellia sasanqua ‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winters Toughie’ Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ has changed colours in the…

7th December

…Toughie’ is full out below the greenhouse. Clearly not so tough in a gale as in wind! Camellia sasanqua ‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winters Toughie’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Polar Ice’ has…

19th October

…sun. Aconitum ‘Newry Blue’ A few camellias with early flowers in our tunnel of saleable three litre plants: Camellia x oleifera ‘Winter’s Joy’ Camellia x oleifera ‘Winter’s Joy’ Camellia ‘Cornish…

25th October

…x oleifera ‘Winters Snowman’ just out. Camellia x oleifera ‘Winters Snowman’ Camellia x oleifera ‘Winters Snowman’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ just out too. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ 2019 – CHW…

2nd November

…dug out rather than just having the dead removed. Two winters ago it decided to flower in the autumn and paid the price with dieback. In Belgium they say Caerhays…

13th February

…yesterday. A little premature. Magnolia ‘F. J. Williams’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ now, suddenly, full out on the Drive. Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ Rhododendron ‘Winters Interlude’ (which is late…

20th November

…to 1930 period. Climate change or just a run of mild winters? Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum 2002 – FJW Flowers on Rho nobleanum – many still on wall…