…was new to the catalogue last year. Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’. Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’ Still berries on Ilex aquifolium ‘Argentea Marginata’ which is unusual for mid-March….

…rather well but appear to have lost it. Greenhouse plants! Chorizema cordatum Chorizema cordatum Grevillea thelemanniana ‘Baby’. Ditto. Grevillea thelemanniana ‘Baby’ Grevillea thelemanniana ‘Baby’ Corydalis tenuifolia ‘Chocolate Star’ in full…

…were three weeks later into flower than ours. Scilla verna ‘Sea eagle and fish’ bronze in the garden. bronze Escallonia rubra var. macrantha – a wonderful seaside hedge. Escallonia rubra…

…Hornet’ Another new entry for the 2021 catalogue is Lonicera periclymenum ‘Honey Baby’ which is a small growing shrubby honeysuckle with (today) startling red fruits. Lonicera periclymenum ‘Honey Baby’ Lonicera…

…‘Gay Baby’ is just a larger flowered version of ‘Fairy Wand’ as I see it? Stupid name! ‘Gay Baby’ ‘Gay Baby’ This wild collected Camellia pittardii has vigorous green shoots…

…hardy to -7°. Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ You seldom see Aucuba japonica ‘Rozanne’ actually in flower. Rather pretty close up. Aucuba japonica ‘Rozanne’ Aucuba japonica…

…outstanding plant for covering a steep bank. Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ In July I hunted high and low for Styrax americanus to take flower pictures…

…had not seen the New Zealand Haloragis erecta (Wellington Bronze Raspwort) in flower before. Haloragis erecta (Wellington Bronze Raspwort) Haloragis erecta (Wellington Bronze Raspwort) 2023 – CHW A hydrangea tour…

…of planting. Wisteria seeds Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ now well established by the Playhouse. Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Flowers and seed heads on Desmodium elegans. Desmodium elegans Desmodium elegans…

…as something new. Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ 2017 – CHW This recently planted Enkianthus cernuus recurvus above Rogers Quarry is not like the one on the drive seen…

…article In our absence Jaimie has seen slow worms on the move. slow worms And the first baby blackbird to fledge from its nest seen here. baby blackbird The first…

…of a rare bamboo species by Tin Garden has decided to flower and die. I need to look up which one. bamboo A baby rabbit annoys Jaimie while completing the…

…Marvel’ full out. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Midnight Marvel’ Eupatorium dubium ‘Baby Joe’ was a new introduction this year and finally we see the flowers. Eupatorium dubium ‘Baby Joe’ Look at the…

…and the mess on the path tidied up by Frankie. Old Park Old Park Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ just out rather later than the other smaller flowered varieties of this sort….

…guests over the weekend.Baby Zara at breakfast. Baby Zara at breakfast Colour coding a new magnolia hybrid above the Old Kennels. Colour coding a new magnolia hybrid Isla and Jaimie…

…var rosea Populus deltoides ‘Purple Tower’ is a new plant to Caerhays. If the leaf stays this bronze colour we are in for a treat. Another plant which will have…

…The velvety leaves are now a dark bronze and stand out superbly. Rhododendron pseudocrysanthemum Rhododendron pseudocrysanthemum Staphylea pinnata has two-celled seed capsules as here. Sometimes in clusters, sometimes in pairs…

…polyneura Carpinus orientalis with plenty too but not so attractive. Carpinus orientalis Tetradium aff. fraxinifolia had looked dead but now huge bronze new leaves. Tetradium aff. fraxinifolia Tristanopsis laurina making…

…feared was dead. It now looks like reshooting. Daphniphyllum aff. longeracemosum (BSWJ 11788) Bronze new growth on Lithocarpus hancei. Lithocarpus hancei A good young Rhododendron ‘May Day’. Rhododendron ‘May Day’…

…new growth on Liquidamber acalycina again a stand out bronze-purple-red. Liquidamber acalycina Secondary new growth on Betula fansipanensis’ also a pleasant bronze at first. Betula fansipanensis A secondary flower on…