26th April

…yet. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ may be lime green as it opens but this is how it ends up. Very pretty indeed. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’…

4th May

…and far away its best performance yet. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ growing…

18th April

…‘Sliver Leaf’ living up to its name. Neolitsea sericea ‘Sliver Leaf’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ making a good show for the first time. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Pittosporum glabratum…

12th April

…Staphylea bolanderi Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ is now rather more visible. Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ More rhododendron stumps get dug out. rhododendron stumps Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’ Neolitsea sericea ‘Silver…

22nd October

…sort of size. Is ‘Fairy Lime’ really going to be that different? Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ 2018 – CHW Autumn colours on Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’. Not…

11th April

…complete the Burncoose Garden planting this year. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ just now out in Old Park. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ beside it. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’…

12th January

…Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ has hardly any flower buds and they too are miles off flowering. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ 2024 – CHW A youngish (30 year old) Pinus insignis has fallen…

10th May

…Another plant which I had forgotten with a few decent flowers. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Rhododendron ‘Saffron Queen’ far too out to cut for Chelsea. Rhododendron…

23rd April

…its best and ‘Fairy Lime’ is just starting. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ Another Old Park rhododendron species I cannot yet identify. Blackish red buds with a hint of blue-black in the…

25th August

…in flower before so this is a first for us at Caerhays. Tilia henryana is an autumn flowering lime (not out yet) as well so we now have two limes…

6th July

…called ‘Hellfire’ Crocosmia called ‘Hellfire’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ lives up to its name and is new to Eddington as it is to us. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ Hydrangea paniculata…

29th March

…full out and smelling gorgeous. Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ But Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ are still in tight bud. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy

30th March

…weeks ago. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ A troika of tiny flowered Camellia ‘Coral Bright’, ‘Fairy Blush’ and ‘Fairy Wand’. Camellia ‘Coral Bright’, ‘Fairy Blush’ and ‘Fairy Wand’ Camellia ‘Coral Bright’, ‘Fairy

21st April

…Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ Last few flowers on an elderly and dying Rhododendron virgatum. Rhododendron virgatum Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ and Rhododendron veitchiorum superb together on…

8th May

…Another for the collection. Magnolia ‘Champaign’ The three Fairy Michelias all just out together in a row. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ – just out. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ –…

30th April

…do we fail to grow so many Mahonias? What are we doing wrong? Mahonia fortunei ‘Hunter Prince’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ has a lot of pink in the flower when full…

8th April

…a (still small) Magnolia ‘Anne Rosse’ x Magnolia ‘Purple Breeze’. First bud showing colour on the new Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Another of Alan Clarke’s introductions…

24th January

…several places in the garden and totally unfrosted. The first flowers showed about 3 weeks ago. Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia grijsii has been out…

2nd April

…– CHW Still at the Cornwall Garden Society Spring Show but now viewing the Caerhays Magnolia exhibits: -Magnolia floribunda. Magnolia floribunda Magnolia ‘Fairy White’. Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ Magnolia nitida. Magnolia…

23rd December

…planting this clump of three. Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ The original Camellia x williamsii ‘Muskoka’ has had a haircut/hatstanding to rejuvernatre it once again. Camellia…