17th May

lindleyi at its very best. Our older Caerhays plants are pure white but more recent introductions have a pink stripe when they first open. Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron lindleyi

14th May

…out on the drive as a young plant. Azalea ‘White Throat’ The more normal Rhododendron lindleyi without any pink in the flowers. Rhododendron lindleyi Salix moupinensis has attractive red new…

18th May

…wagnerianus flowers are now developing fast. Trachycarpus wagnerianus Trachycarpus wagnerianus The big new clump of Rhododendron lindleyi is just out. Very pink in bud. Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron lindleyi This (unnamed)…

13th May

…lot. Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ – no idea who she was but hardy and a good garden plant. Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’…

16th May

…Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ Again tremendous red new foliage growth on Camellia yunnanensis. Camellia yunnanensis Rhododendron lindleyi just coming out and traces of pink still visible. Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron ‘Bobolink’. Rhododendron…

2nd June

lindleyi Rhododendron lindleyi White campion flowers and the normal pink by the playhouse are a riot. White campion flowers and the normal pink White campion flowers and the normal pink…

4th January 1897- 2020

lindleyi which will not be out until May. Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron lindleyi A strange single flower out on a yellow deciduous azalea below Donkey Shoe. An aberration but I need…

7th January 1897- 2020

…yet! Stachyurus chinensis Rhododendron lindleyi with huge buds to flower in April. Very swollen already. Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron lindleyi 2016 – CHW The garlic is in full growth a good…

27th May

lindleyi is nearly over. Few flowers this year and plenty of bud drop as we saw earlier. Rhododendron lindleyi Magnolia laevifolia ‘Kunming’ is a gorgeous yellow and a very superior…

11th June

…remain of what were once six named different coloured hybrids. Rhododendron royalei hybrid Last flower too on the Rhododendron lindleyi clump. Rhododendron lindleyi The old original Rhododendron griersonianum has, however,…

2nd May

…Staphylea holocarpa An amazing Rhododendron lindleyi at Burncoose. Rhododendron lindleyi Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ at Burncoose near the conservatory. Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ by the lawn at Burncoose. Enkianthus…

8th May

…recurvus Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ just out with a nice colour contrast. Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ First flower this year on Rhododendron lindleyi. Quite a bit more pink here…

5th May

…for Plant of the Year at Chelsea. From Eire comes a new iris with yellow leaves. iris iris Rhododendron roxieanum Rhododendron roxieanum Rhododendron concinnum Rhododendron concinnum Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron lindleyi

8th April

…and some above Rogers Quarry. These included Rhododendron excellens, lindleyi, ririei, arboretum, royalei (yellow and pink) and ‘Penvose’ (Caerhays hybrid). Higher Quarry Nursery and Orchid House Nursery are now virtually…

10th April

lindleyi, Rhododendron edgeworthii and Rhododendron ‘Praecox’. The Burncoose garden is looking great and we plot clearance of the area around the two huge beech trees which fell in the winter….

15th May

…Rh. lindleyi? (Hillier’s does not say). Rhododendron ‘Mi Amor’ Malus hupehensis in the Isla Rose Plantation has made a decent tree in only five years. It stands out today covered…

21st October

…Mrs Butler (griffithianum x arboreum hybrids) weyrichii lindleyi nuttallii grande hanseanum arizelum niveum kuisianum sanguineam pseudochrysanthum suoilenhense crassum macabeanum sinogrande megacalyx neriiflorum yunnanense decorum (pink and white)We didn’t get to…