20th February
…decent day it seems for weeks.Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ has shed in the wind but still plenty of flower left on the bush. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Likewise under Camellia reticulata ‘Mary…
…decent day it seems for weeks.Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ has shed in the wind but still plenty of flower left on the bush. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Likewise under Camellia reticulata ‘Mary…
…Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ is a great show below Burns Bank. Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Masses to see and admire on a rather unmotherly Sunday. Lizzie has had to…
…old Cornish bred varieties from one of the very last small scale daffodil growers and breeders left in the traditional Cornish business of daffodil production which goes back to the…
…26 is improving with age. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ just opening. Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’…
…batch of Mahonia bealei ‘Cornish Silver’. This too originated from a Needham introduction. One stock plant was in full flower. Orangy-yellow! Mahonia bealei ‘Cornish Silver’ Mahonia bealei ‘Cornish Silver’ Also…
…Festival’ Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ ‘Spring Festival’ Opposite them is an ancient clump of Leujocum aestivum already in flower. The ‘summer snowflake’ and a form of snowdrop normally out in April…
…display as its spring bronzy leaves. This early leaf bronzing is seldom seen in small young plants in pots. Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ 1947 – CW Returned from…
…that this is not just Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ but ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ or ‘Michael’ (after Charlie Michael the head gardener here until 1956). ‘Michael’, they say, is a larger /…
…are out. Nothing on the others. ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ is usually a fortnight earlier than ‘Cornish Snow’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia taliensis flowers largely blown…
…the petals. The ‘Michael’ refers to Charles Michael who bred this cross and was Head Gardener here until 1955, (C. cuspidata x C, saluenensis) Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’…