…on a fine sunny Christmas Day!Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ out for Christmas as usual – well just the odd twig here and there really! Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ The darker of the two original…

…we have had this before Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia champetre ‘Christmas Daffodil’ – hardly daffodil like! Camellia champetre ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ – a rather blowsier…

…They are all old Cornish bred varieties from one of the very last small scale daffodil growers and breeders left in the traditional Cornish business of daffodil production which goes…

…Camellia ‘L T Dees’ Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ extraordinary holly-like leaves! Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia…

…around the daffodils. Snowdrops A pheasant has half eaten this early daffodil flower. A pheasant has half eaten this early daffodil flower. More snowdrops are out properly. First individual flower…

…begins at 4pm at the end of the show. The sell off begins at 4pm R&A Scamp’s daffodil exhibit this year. R&A Scamp’s daffodil exhibit R&A Scamp’s daffodil exhibit Burncoose…

…had considered C. ‘Apple Blossom’ or C. x williamsii ‘Burncoose Apple Blossom’ but the latter is a mounded tight bush.] Camellia ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia ‘Christmas Daffodil’ The snowdrops once from…

…a good eight weeks since it first showed colour. Camellia oleifera Camellia oleifera Grass cutting in Kennel Close in Christmas week. Notionally to allow us to see the new daffodil…

…can begin to set out the Malus planting plan based on ultimate size and shape etc. Daffodil planting Daffodil planting Azalea luteum and Cotoneaster franchetii in the sun below the…

…Scamp daffodil display as good as usual. The Scamp daffodil display The Burncoose Nurseries stand. Burncoose Nurseries stand The Great Gardens of Cornwall stand. Great Gardens of Cornwall stand 2022…

…‘Iveyi’ named after the daffodil gardener at Caerhays pre 1900. It is a hybrid between a Brazilian species called Escallonia bifida and Escallonia xexoniensis; itself a hybrid raised at Veitch…

…other Cornish daffodil varieties. In his lifetime he produced thousands of new varieties and at least 50 remain available today in commercial daffodil production by large and small specialist growers….

…after repotting. Sorbus zahlbruckneri Sorbus zahlbruckneri 2022 – CHW Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ is a little late again this year. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ The first daffodil this year….

…Christmas Just before Christmas Just before Christmas Just before Christmas We may have had only one nights frost so far but this is the end of this big leaf seedling…

…Rev Engelhard’s daffodil breeding and double primroses. The daffodil lecture owed more to enthusiasm than detail. No mention of JCW and Engelhard’s work together. The occurrence in the wild of…

…coming out. Camellia ‘California Sunset’ Camellia ‘California Sunset’ Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ half frosted. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ A carpet of frosted flowers below Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ but plenty fairly…

…scabrifolium Rhododendron grande with a bit of Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ alongside by the greenhouses. Rhododendron grande Camellia ‘Christmas Daffodil’ actually out in March and battered by the hail and rain….

…First poorly shaped flowers on Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ by the Four in Hand. Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ First actual flower buds on a wild daffodil. Sadly nibbled. wild daffodil 2018 –…

…grandchildren rather excited about Christmas. Three grandchildren 2023 – CHW Mild and wet.First flowers out on Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Jewel’. Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Jewel’ Even more Christmas week flowers than…

…Secondary flowers. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Azalea ‘Greenway’ A few rather insipid flowers emerging on Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’. It was late last year too but is normally on time. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’…