5th February

…dealt with in October. Another big batch of plants Another big batch of plants 2022 – CHW First flowers out on Ceanothus arboreus ‘Trewithen Blue’ below the Tower. Ceanothus arboreus

19th April

…Lupinus arboreusblue form. A very early small flower on this tree lupin in the greenhouse. Usually these are pure yellow! Lupinus arboreusblue form Clematis forsteri flowering…

14th May

…A trip to the greenhouse to see how this season’s germination is progressing. A nice Lupinus arboreus with blue (rather than the usual yellow) flowers greets me. Last year’s seedling….

7th November

…Estate Plenty of time to have a quick look around the garden and Mediterranean Biome. Pseudopanax arboreus just coming into flower below the entrance to Eden. Pseudopanax arboreus Malus mandshurica…

Tom Hudson – Camellia cuspidata saga!

…flowers in the front were from the 2 bushes at Trewithen. Striking how much bigger the Trewithen flowers are when compared with what i am used to seeing here. In…

16th February

…the years just as ours have here.What is clear from these photographs is that the Trewithen holly group is a completely different species to our own unidentified veterans. The Trewithen

17th April

…clump of narcissus on Hovel Cart Road. Perhaps Narcissus x intermedius? narcissus Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ and Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ – blue and yellow work well together here. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’…

9th September

…covered in secondary flowers. Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Ficus pumila with a large crop of ripe blue/black figs. Far more than I have ever seen before on this…

17th November

…‘Rainbow’ ‘Rainbow’ ‘Rainbow’ ‘Paradise Helen’ ‘Paradise Helen’ ‘Paradise Helen’ ‘Paradise Blush’ ‘Paradise Blush’ ‘Paradise Blush’ ‘Shishigashira’ ‘Shishigashira’ ‘Shishigashira’ ‘Setsugekka’ ‘Setsugekka’ ‘Setsugekka’ ‘Trewithen White’ (ex Trewithen) ‘Trewithen White’ ‘Trewithen White’ ‘Trewithen

3rd August

…a very good sky blue – medium-tall growing. Agapanthus ‘Sandringham’ Agapanthus ‘Sandringham’ Agapanthus ‘Bressingham Blue’ – taller growing and very floriferous. Not quite as dark as Agapanthus ‘Navy Blue’? Agapanthus…

25th July

…‘Eureka Blue’ Geranium ‘Eureka Blue’ Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ – groundcover with dark leaves. Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ Geranium ‘Blue Sunrise’ – blue at first fading quickly. Geranium ‘Blue

21st February 1897 – 2020

…‘Cornish Snow’ (Camellia cuspidata x Camellia saluenensis). Very similar to the supposed Camellia cuspidata var cuspidata (which it is not according to Tom) from Trewithen. Tom thinks Trewithen’s may be…

19th January

…Estate Office: 01726 883647 Mobile: 07743 470945 Email: gary@trewithengardens.co.ukwww.trewithengardens.co.uk www.facebook.com/Trewithengardens www.twitter.com/trewithengarden www.instagram.com/trewithengardens/ www.linkedin.com/in/gary-long-b0054749/I am not sure that I agree with Gary just yet but need to take more photographs of…

5th June

…as this all over the small tree. Outstanding! Euonymus myrianthus Euonymus myrianthus The very last of the bluebells in full shade. bluebells Last flowers on Michelia crassipes (as we bought…

6th April

…wind battered clump of Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ starting to come out. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ More overnight frost really has cut back the Gunnera manicata by the dog kennels but they…

27th July

…in full flower. Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ excellent on the drive. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ Hydrangea ‘Sunset’ looking good down opposite the lodge. Hydrangea ‘Sunset’ Hydrangea ‘Selma’ quite…

29th April

…askew. Rhododendron ‘May Day’ As good a bluebell bit as we have in the main garden near Rogers Quarry. Bluebells Illicium majus is making a fair tree. Good new growth….

11th March 1897 – 2020

…dallii Pittosporum dallii Pittosporum dallii Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ would make an easy spring bulb pot sale with little effort. Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ Chionodoxa forbesii…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 5)

…in flower. Polyspora Polyspora An attractive add on building to a listed one! Building The first time that I have seen Rhododendron ‘Trewithen Orange’ for years. Rhododendron ‘Trewithen Orange’ Rhododendron…

18th February 1897 – 2020

…must remember to check the one at Burncoose. deciduous azalea 2019 – CHW After a Great Gardens of Cornwall meeting I stop at Tregoose, a garden between Trewithen and Grampound,…