15th October

…new growth and an interesting trunk. Quercus franchetii Quercus franchetii Quercus franchetii Photinia lasiogyna (P. nussia) a year after planting. Photinia lasiogyna (P. nussia) Carpinus shensiensis. Carpinus shensiensis Podocarpus parlatorei…

11th November

…Look at the puddles by the front door! puddles puddles Cotoneaster franchetii absolutely laden with berries. Certainly many more than last year and still untroubled by the birds. Cotoneaster franchetii

14th May

…this tree last year to shape it up as it had a hefty secondary leading branch. Quercus franchetii Quercus franchetii Another of our surviving Rhododendron royalii hybrids is out –…

9th June

…Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Quercus franchetii with flowers. Quercus franchetii Quercus franchetii 2022 – CHW The first Royal Cornwall Show in three years. Plenty of people…

12th October

…under slates capping walls where they grow and are both a nuisance and hard to dig out properly. Cotoneaster franchetii Cotoneaster franchetii Carpinus caroliniana showing some autumn tints but only…

2nd October

…reshoot if cut down soon. nearly dead large camellia Cotoneaster franchetii hangs over Dicksonia antarctica in what was once the old wooden Playhouse. Cotoneaster franchetii 2023 – CHW An inspection…

9th October

…yunnanensis var. veitchii has no crab apples this year but we have seen some fruit previously.Cotoneaster franchetii looks amazing already. Cotoneaster franchetii Annoyingly an unlabelled and unlisted Sorbus is standing…

13th October

…The last two flowers on Arum lillies. Arum lillies Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ colouring up. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cotoneaster franchetii and Metasequoia ‘Goldrush’. Cotoneaster franchetii

31st October

…size and shape etc. Daffodil planting Daffodil planting Azalea luteum and Cotoneaster franchetii in the sun below the tower. Cotoneaster franchetii A few secondary flowers on Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’. Ceanothus…

9th August

…shensiensis New growth on Quercus franchetii is only briefly tinged red. Quercus franchetii Huge and already ripe/ mature seed clusters on a Lithocarpus pachyphyllus aged about 50. Lithocarpus cleistocarpus 2023…

7th November

…a bank of Rubus tricolor. Erica lusitanica Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ with its leaves just turning. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Plenty of flowers still opening on Magnolia grandiflora. Magnolia grandiflora Cotoneaster franchetii

24th November

…frost has scorched the leaves on the magnolias at the bottom of Old Park. frost has scorched the leaves on the magnolias Cotoneaster franchetii with berries intact. Cotoneaster franchetii Seed…

28th November

…eaten the few black berries there were this year. Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Cotoneaster franchetii still covered in berries. Cotoneaster franchetii The largest monkey puzzle against…

28th January

…colour yet although I would have expected it to based on previous years. Prunus ‘Kursar’ Quercus franchetii not as evergreen as it was after the cold snap. Quercus franchetii Likewise…

17th April

…A young Acer sterculiaceum subsp. sterculiaceum (NJM 13017) with its usual attractive new growth. I still all this Acer franchetii as it was always known here and an original plant…

4th December

…a Cotoneaster franchetii ‘doing nicely’ growing from the top between slate slabs. Time for a KPK attack to relay the slate slabs in cement and fill in the holes. large…

26th December

…evergreen. Several other cotoneaster species have berries which are still untouched in the garden (eg Cotoneaster franchetii). Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus On reflection I think this was the conclusion to…