2nd March 1897 – 2020

Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Quercus stenophylloides with new growth already apparent on this Taiwanese species which may well be a bit borderline hardy as a result. Quercus stenophylloides 2018 –…

9th March 1897 – 2020

…Williams’ Last viewing of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ before the storms. These photographs were taken at 4.30pm. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ 2018 – CHW A filthy day with persistent…

26th February 1897 – 2020

…‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ I photographed this same branch of Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ breaking into flower in November or early December. It is fully out now at least three…

19th February 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’. Compare for yourself! Colour and size of flower come into it. Magnolia ‘Susanna van Veen’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Ians Red’ nearly out. Magnolia…

8th March 1897 – 2020

…‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ 2016 – CHW Around the garden with John (Williams) after meetings at Tregaire and Newton about major building works on four derelict barns.Camellia reticulata ‘Captain…

2nd March

…it expired. Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’ is an excellent show. Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’ Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’ Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ is quite variable in shape but very floriferous. Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ Camellia…

21st June

…flowering properly for the first time. Largish flowers but near enough to Styrax fargesii so as not to be worth a name? Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’ Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’…

20th April

…RHODODENDRON ‘Temple Belle’ RHODODENDRON ‘Temple Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Temple Belle’ is an orbiculare x williamsianum hybrid which I suspect may have been produced at Werrington Park (same ownership as Caerhays until…

28th February

…Veen’ AND Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ (M. sargentiana var. robusta x M. sprengeri ‘Diva’). Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Both the same cross apparently so make your own mind up…

14th April

…out a month late. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ – rather dull and I planted two not far apart above Crinodendron Hedge. Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ Magnolia…

1st December

…break for this tree! Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ 2016 – CHW The old clumps of Erica arborea are nearly full out on the middle bank as usual. The…

30th April

…more sinensis than wilsonii. Magnolia ‘Jersey Belle’ Magnolia ‘Jersey Belle’ Magnolia ‘Jersey Belle’ What a show on the batch of specimen sized plants of Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’. Some held…

16th February 1897 – 2020

…in size and colour. Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ just coming out and what a colour. Words fail me to…

7th February 1897 – 2020

…on the magnolia through the arch beyond ‘Caerhays Belle’. 2019 – CHW First flower out on Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ on a drizzly afternoon in the Auklandii Garden. Magnolia ‘F…

7th October

…young plant of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ beside the ‘St Ewe’ hedge. Small flowers which will never open properly and are near white. Disgusting. Magnolia Caerhays Belle Magnolia Caerhays Belle Magnolia…

27th May

…flower above the greenhouse. Trachycarpus wagnerianus The last surviving Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ which has proved tender and temperamental. Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ 2024 – CHW…

17th May

…florida ‘Variegata’ Weigela florida ‘Variegata’ Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ starts off yellowish-green and then turns pinkish. Rather tender even in Cornwall. Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ Catkin…

16th June

…us and temperamental. Better pink colouration in sun than in shade. Our clump needs more shelter from cold winds. Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Crosswater Belle’ One year old and new…

21st April

…‘Caerhays Belle’ seedling I assume. Again a purchase from Cherry Tree as I remember it. Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Purpurascens’ – we have others but first nice flowers on this…

5th April

…anyway. Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ The first magnolia which we planted at Belvoir as a present to Her Grace, Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ just about to come out. Perhaps 15 years…