23rd November

…this diary to pay my most sincere compliments and respects to Anthony Fortescue and his family for over a fortnight. Anthony was my successor as High Sheriff of Cornwall last…

1st August

…this looks a bit different? Penstemon ‘Blackbird’ Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ before the older flowers fade in colour. Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ Lophomyrtus x ralphii ‘Magic…

11th October

…rhetinodes Cestrum nocturnum scenting the greenhouse. Cestrum nocturnum Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ covered in flower. Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’ with autumn colour and still a few late…

27th April

…website. Magnolia ‘Honey Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Honey Tulip’ A two year from planting Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ is not yet as good as I saw at Anthony House where there was an…

18th May

…Occidentalis very good. 1918 – JCW The azaleas are at their best, most of the good rhodo’s are over. Ovatum is nice. Decorum (the young lot) were very good, Anthony’s…

23rd May

…worth growing. I first saw this at Anthony Woodland garden decades ago.Two more newly planted enkianthus flowering for the first time in Kennel Close: Enkianthus cernuus recurvus Enkianthus cernuus recurvus…

8th May

…wind protection! 2023 – CHW To Anthony House for a Great Gardens meeting. Sir Richard Carew-Pole and Tremayne CP both present. A freestanding but gnarled and ancient Wisteria sinensis over…

25th December

…big tree now but originally a gift from Richard Carew Pole and Anthony Gardens. Acacia cultriformis Acacia cultriformis Seed setting on Eucryphia cordifolia. Eucryphia cordifolia Acacia melanoxylon in bud but…

6th February

…out of Anthony House and Tremayne has taken over the estate. Stauntonia hexaphylla 1933 – JCW A bad three weeks for bloom of any kind but it seems to be…

14th February

…to each bell. Can anyone enlighten me please? Well worth a name and propagating as it flowers so early. On the path towards Rookery Gate. [Edit: please see Anthony Synott’s…