24th June

…Donkey Shoe. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ did have its first bud but it got eaten by a squirrel as you can see. Good…

28th December

…striped Camellia (?). It is not named on the plan! Camellia Although dead and ready for removal Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ has blown over. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Another Camellia…

20th September

…those at Caerhays. Here Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ by the mist houses. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Acer palmatumn ‘Senkaki’ (‘Sango-Kaku’) has autumn colour already above the mist houses. Acer palmatumn…

7th October

…eucryphias are all very late this year and Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ still looks good. A very upright and erect habit. The old plant of Eucryphia moorii is also full…

14th October

…to open and shed in the potting shed. Camellia japonica seeds Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ is going over but I saw and photographed a flower on this plant last January….

28th November

…still flowerless but loads of bud. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ A few secondary flowers on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ as is normal at this time of year. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’…

2nd March

…cut back hard as most of the top was dead. Plenty of reshooting from the base. Lindera communis Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ blown out early high up at 30ft+. Michelia…

29th December

…not this year. Michelia doltsopas Michelia doltsopas A flower or two, as last year, on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. This plant has an endless flowering season. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’…

14th January

…fully evergreen. Callicarpa pilosissima (NMWJ 14508) Callicarpa (TH 2754) with its first berries on show. Callicarpa (TH 2754) Still the odd flower on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink…

22nd March

…Michelia ‘Silver Cloud’ as well. It made them all laugh and we had a very jolly dinner in what is now known as the ‘naughty corner’ with Jim Gardiner (who…

7th January 1897- 2020

…house at Rosemoor. Lindera obtusiloba Lindera obtusiloba Mahonia leschenaultia is just coming into flower. Mahonia leschenaultia Mahonia leschenaultia Still the odd flower on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink…

28th February 1897 – 2020

cloud on a fine still day. Early or not? We saw the cephalotaxus nearly in flower three weeks ago and their similar ‘pollen cloud’ last March or April. Flowering yew…

4th September

…of seeds just below Tin Garden. Worth Asia trying these as we might conceivably get a new hybrid from them. Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’…

7th September

Cloud’ x ‘Sunrise’ 21. ‘Mr Julian’ x ‘Vulcan’ 22. ‘Betty Jessel ‘ x ‘Vulcan’ 23. ‘Red Lion’ x ‘Vulcan’ 24. ‘Apollo’ x ‘Vulcan’ 25. ‘Purple Sensation’ x ‘Vulcan’ 26. ‘Felix…

11th July

…lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. The first Eucryphia to be out? Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ The old Hoheria glabrata on the drive is still putting on a good show in its few…

28th August

…Bank First berries for Asia to collect from Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ in the Isla Rose Plantation which was planted 18 months ago. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’…

18th May

…favourite Crataegus – C. laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Rhododendron orbiculare – a good form but nearly dead. Rhododendron orbiculare Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ about to flower profusely. The…

25th August

Cloud’ which has suddenly died this year. Ten days ago it was fine at Donkey Shoe and in flower. Only one decent 15 to 20 year old one left now….

6th April

…‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana More of the newly planted Amelanchier collection have their first flowers: Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Cloud’…

12th May

…damage. Hachenochloa macrantha ‘All Gold’ Kolkwitzia amabilis ‘Pink Cloud’ has very little flower yet and will not make it either. Too tight in bud. Kolkwitzia amabilis ‘Pink Cloud’ Cornus kousa…