30th May

…Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ My sister in law and niece line up for a bit of packing duty with Andrew as has been normal throughout…

26th April

…nearly ‘Charles Michael’ which had died out on us but still hangs in there at Burncoose. Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ x Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ x Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ Then a…

23rd March

…out. Very similar to Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ I think. Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Another young Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ with its first ever flower. Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Another slightly…

21st September

…A very successful breading year for them. Two egrets around the lake. The Blue Cedar was planted by H.R.H. Prince Charles on 24th April 1984 below the Nobby. It has…

18th January

…‘Celebration’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’ by Tin Garden full out. Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’ ‘King Alfred’ daffodils in Kennel Close. The first clump…

19th November

…mineral collections at those two residences in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In 2008 Charles Williams, the current owner of Caerhays, met Courtenay Smale, a retired mining engineer…

IDS Thank you email and photos

…Tilia lenta? Lizzie, Charles & Peter Hoffman Charles and Peter Hoffman                 Finally, can you tell me if the tree in the third…

11th December

…bare root roses Flowers on Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lamont’ which are to be expected even if the leaves are still on the plant. Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lamont’ Interesting…

18th May

…Sky News. Guy Hands, Geraldine Hammond, Brenda Blethyn & Charles Williams at Chelsea 2015 Brenda Blethyn at Chelsea 2015 The Prince’s Trust, who are Terra Firma’s business charity, have a…

19th April

…which was planted as ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ which it probably is not. Sir Charles has a white flower according to the reference books but strong and dense indumentum on the…