29th March

…catalogue and very good it is too. Large flowers on a small plant. Corydalis solida ‘Beth Evans’ Corydalis solida ‘Beth Evans’ Corydalis solida ‘Beth Evans’ Prunus nipponica ‘Brilliant’ full out…

2nd April

Evans’ in a group in the nursery. An impressive plant with no cold damage at all. Corydalis solida ‘Beth Evans’ Corydalis solida ‘Beth Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ flowering three months…

7th November

…x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ suddenly the best show in the garden. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ 2023 – CHW To the Eden Project…

2nd November

…sadly, few will see. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ A self-sown seedling of Rhododendron fargesii has decided to flower…

13th May

…lot. Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ – no idea who she was but hardy and a good garden plant. Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’…

5th November

…‘Hugh Evans’ is also out in a large clay pot by the front door. Actually only one of the two here is out. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh…

6th November

…Quarry is full out and splendid on a windy day. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Polyspora longicarpus (WWJ 11604) planted in 2011 looked…

22nd November

…Burgundy’. Not that different to ‘Dazzler’ perhaps but he flowers are quite variable as you can see here. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’…

27th October

…may well be more sasanquas out in the garden now and that will be the next quest. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ 1999 – FJW Flowers on…

21st December

…his son, Maurice’s ashes are underneath. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Styrax hookeri still in full leaf. Styrax hookeri Tail end flowers now on the huge Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’…

8th May

…recurvus Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ just out with a nice colour contrast. Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ First flower this year on Rhododendron lindleyi. Quite a bit more pink here…

24th October

…now repaired Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ now full out but not nearly as good a show as last year albeit a month later. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh…

5th October

…door. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ 2016 – CHW To Burncoose to photograph the gift wrapping of the five plants on special offer from our website for…

18th May

…Mahonia species was a gift from Harvey Stephens / Savill Garden. (unnamed) Mahonia species Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Nancy Evans’ Boring though it is I wanted to…

13th December

…heather cut back and ivy off the wall. clear up above the gents loo The second Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ is full out in a pot by the front door….

4th January

…flowers are nearly over. C. saluenensis C. saluenensis The very last tiny flowers on Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Camellia grijsii full out. Camellia grijsii Camellia ‘Cornish…

25th December

…aethiopica outside my office are in rude health! Zantedeschia aethiopica A tail end and unusually late flower on Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ But no flowers on…

16th May

…flowers. Entirely new here as far as I know but a Wilson 1907 introduction. Morus cathayana 2020 – CHW I rather rate the economic journalist, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. He writes bluntly….

8th November

…is out by the Orchid House Nursery as is the elderly ‘Hugh Evans’ above the quarry. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ 2015 – CHW Found the two…

19th October

…First few flowers out on Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ – a month early above Rogers Quarry. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Plenty of flowers for next spring on Lindera megaphylla. Lindera…