…at the bottom of the hill in Grampound rhododendron beside the road at the bottom of the hill in Grampound rhododendron beside the road at the bottom of the hill…

…Hillier’s but John Hillier and many others failed to identify or recognise it over many years. Vaccinum urceolatum Vaccinum urceolatum Strangely the huge Gunnera manicata bed in Old Park has…

…ermanii ‘Greyswood Hill’ Betula ermanii ‘Greyswood Hill’ Betula ermanii ‘Greyswood Hill’ Betula ermanii ‘Greyswood Hill’ Betula utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ – catkins in trios. Only at the base of…

…ermanii ‘Grayswood Hill – 1st tree from the top which is unlabelled. Betula ermanii ‘Grayswood Hill’ Betula ermanii ‘Grayswood Hill’ Betula ermanii ‘Grayswood Hill’ Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii ‘Grayswood Ghost’…

…H. sexstylosa) – just as good as ‘Stardust’ or even better? Hoheria ‘Borde Hill’ Hoheria ‘Borde Hill’ Hoheria ‘Borde Hill’ Hoheria angustifolia – the smallest flower of any of the…

…up soon! Perhaps a fine dry flowering spring? landslip on Porthluney Hill landslip on Porthluney Hill landslip on Porthluney Hill 2017 – CHW One of the young seedlings of Rhododendron…

…‘Marie Steiner’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Marie Steiner’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Marie Steiner’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Crimson King’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Crimson King’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Loder’s Borde Hill Form’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Loder’s Borde Hill Form’…

…Pink’ ‘Plantation Pink’ ‘Plantation Pink’ ‘Dazzler’ – excellent ‘Dazzler’ ‘Dazzler’ ‘Dazzler’ ‘Borde Hill Farm’ – another Loder one ‘Borde Hill Farm’ ‘Borde Hill Farm’ ‘Crimson King’ ‘Crimson King’ ‘Crimson King’…

…of the two conifers on top of the hill. An osprey nest platform A very smart public footpath across what was a 1920-1970 rubbish dump in the estuary. The dump…

…also suffering from drought until last Wednesday and Friday’s torrential rain. Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Hill’ Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Hill’ A more mature but not yet fruiting Carpinus rankanensis (there are…

…hill which is not to be thinned and is marked accordingly. One day you will hopefully see this from miles away. Cleared around a magnolia Two quick growing Tetradium daniellii…

…var jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ Betula ermarii ‘Greyswood Hill’ Betula ermarii ‘Greyswood Hill’ Betula utilis ‘Doorenbos’ Betula utilis ‘Doorenbos’ Betula costata – dead Betual dahurica…

Next Day > < Previous Day View 20th March 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Hill’ now more…

…a Teucrium. Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica The view from Ventonveth to Corwenna hills which we restored from scrub in the 1990s. Corwenna hill The hedges are a mess and need…

…day of Spring. About -7, -8C with windchill. The lake is starting to freeze at 4pm. The last time it was this bad and we were totally snowed in for…

…restored old hunt kennels magnolias beside the newly restored old hunt kennels magnolias beside the newly restored old hunt kennels The view from the top of the hill looking into…

…stand). Camellia japonica ‘Tammia’ Camellia japonica ‘Park Hill Tomorrow’ which we have on Burns Bank I think (on Strete Gate stand). Camellia japonica ‘Park Hill Tomorrow’ C. Other plants at…

…Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ now at its very best. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) and Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) and Magnolia ‘Sir Harold…

…out too. Aesculus parviflora 2021 – CHW Hoheria ‘Borde Hill’ also hides its flowers away in its foliage. Hoheria ‘Borde Hill’ A young Magnolia caveana with excellent new growth. Magnolia…

…Portholland.Borde Hill have sent an email announcing that their Emmenopterys henryi is flowering again. This, and photographs, are attached here. Ours is of a similar age and 80ft tall but…