…Pickard’s hybrids but we have added more recently.A very decent young Magnolia ‘A.E. Bold’. Magnolia ‘A.E. Bold’ Magnolia ‘A.E. Bold’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ has performed well for many years M….

…– CHW The amazing Tilia endochrysea just into leaf. Tilia endochrysea Magnolia ‘A E Bold’ (Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘JC Williams’) with its first flower. We have other plants,…

…Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon Buddleia farreri in flower – as it should be. Buddleia farreri Magnolia ‘A.E. Bold’ ready to go out to a customer in the packing shed. Magnolia…

…arboreum – a bold red. Oxydendron arboreum Nyssa sylvatica – such a delicate yellow. Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Quercus coccinea – in the tunnel but still a good red. Better…

…‘J.C. Williams’ planted in 2013 above Hovel Cart Road. Is this now officially called M. ‘Anne Leitner’, or is it called ‘A. E. Bold’, or is this another unnamed seedling…

…secondary new growth. Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Sycoparrotia semidecidua with bold yellow tints. Sycoparrotia semidecidua Acacia rhetinodes full flower in a tunnel. Acacia rhetinodes Cestrum nocturnum scenting the greenhouse. Cestrum…

…Caerhays sales point. The gardens at Caerhays open on the 20th February.Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ is a particularly vulgar blotched colour mixture but a big and bold flower which is catching…

…remember its name [I remembered: it is Camellia saluenensis ‘Isadora’]. A great find! Good colour and quite bold and dramatic in the sun. Just one flower out so far. Camellia…

…further. Rhododendron arboreum ssp. cinnamomeum The original Stewartia pteropetiolata remains a bold evergreen. Stewartia pteropetiolata Deer damage (horns) to a young oak tree. It will recover with scarring. The roe…

…Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ seedling in Tin Garden which we pollarded in February has made a bold leap to recovery and is still holding green leaves on the new young shoots…

…flowering out of season. Schefflera pauciflora The magnolia tunnel in the sales area is well stocked up and tidied for the spring. magnolia tunnel Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’ still with bold…

…roxburghii First flowers out on Peumus boldus from Chile. Peumus boldus Not a bad show on Magnolia ‘Ricki’. Magnolia ‘Ricki’ Camellia ‘Cinamon Cindy’ snapped off at the base in a…

…x lavalleei  Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’ (Tregothnan) 2018 – CHW Picea brachystyla has bold silvery undersides to its needles. I had not picked up on this before. Compact habit….

…on the periphery and bold moves to start the Callistemon/Melaleuca etc. collections once again as they were 30 years ago. Quite a few specimen and feature trees have died of…

…the others have finished flowering a young Rhododendron stamineum is full out with especially bold yellow centres to the white flowers. Rhododendron stamineum Rhododendron stamineum 2018 – CHW A trip…

…yield cuttings. A dull genus but the nursery has previously stocked different species of Myrsine. Myrsine divaricata Our third species of Melicytus – Melicytus dentatus with very bold leaflets on…

…the bold sway of rhodos behind the cashpoint (from which Karol had to rapidly remove his suitcase following the arrival of the sniffer dogs – the suitcase obviously contained substances…

…growth on Machilus yunnanensis. Machilus yunnanensis Magnolia sieboldii ‘Mishiko Renge’. Magnolia sieboldii ‘Mishiko Renge’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Mishiko Renge’ Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ still not as bold a mix of colours or…

…Magnolia ‘Banana Split’ in a strong east wind which has made it cold. The only thing to say about this one is that it has a bold upright habit like…

…usual bold colour in the evening sun. Rhododendron desquamatum Rhododendron desquamatum Rhododendron desquamatum For the record I attach a copy of the front of The Field with my daughter Serena…