5th April

…the tree has the peeling started properly. Betula utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ Betula utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ Betula utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ Betula utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Greyswood…

23rd February 1897 – 2020

…japonicus ‘Wolong Ghost’ Euonymus japonicus ‘Wolong Ghost’ Euonymus japonicus ‘Wolong Ghost’ Euonymus japonicus ‘Wolong Ghost’ Euonymus japonicus ‘Wolong Ghost’ So this is the true Camellia tsai. The plants at Caerhays…

8th April

…– young plantings. Mahonia nervosa Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ with bark and catkins. Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ The unknown to…

27th December

…last couple of years. Am I any nearer proving that a cold spell is coming? Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ 2018 – CHW At least…

2nd June

…Clianthus puniceus Clianthus puniceus A cruise ship waiting off Falmouth docks from a vantage point in the garden. A cruise ship Fuchsia boliviana growing happily outside. We should try too….

6th March 1897 – 2020

…greatest effect. My favourite was Betula utilis and the named clone Betula ‘Greyswood Ghost’ was also superb. Betula utilis Betula utilis Betula ‘Greyswood Ghost’ Betula ‘Greyswood Ghost’ The bark of…

1st April

…subsp. jacquemontii ‘Grayswood Ghost’ Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii ‘Grayswood Ghost’ Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii ‘Grayswood Ghost’ Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii ‘Doorenbos’ (‘Snow Queen’) – sadly no pictures but it looks…

4th January 1897- 2020

…House Ghost’ again now it is full out. The scent is now also simply gorgeous. Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’…

13th February 1897 – 2020

Ghost’ (absolutely pure white even in bud) – any better than Daphne bholua ‘Alba’? Probably! Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’…

6th February 1897 – 2020

Ghost’ Euonymus fortunei ‘Wolong Ghost’ Supposedly Grevillea serrata but no one knows where it came from or from whom? Does not look like any grevillea I have ever seen. Grevillea…

20th January 1897- 2020

…from the unnamed x williamsii clump above the greenhouse. unnamed x williamsii 2019 – CHW First flowers on Daphne bholua ‘Ghost’. Daphne bholua ‘Ghost’ Daphne bholua ‘Ghost’ For comparison the…

8th January

…House Ghost’ above the greenhouse. Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ A Camellia reticulata above the Auklandii Garden now almost full out. Camellia reticulata 2021 –…

14th June

…– CHW The G7 has brought lots of covid to Cornwall I am told. Two hundred police or security billeted on a specially chartered cruise ship in Falmouth harbour have…

5th February 1897 – 2020

…out plants for the Caerhays sales point and those to ship off soon to Burncoose. We will needs loads of room to pot all her cuttings and seedlings after a…

30th June

ship building factory where he worked as a boy in the late 1950s. Jumping into the water from the top of the crane (at high tide) at the end of…

2nd January

…x williamsii ‘Brushfield’s Yellow’ Camellia japonica ‘Sodekakushi’ (‘Gauntlettti’) now full out and undamaged. Camellia japonica ‘Sodekakushi’ (‘Gauntlettti’) Rhododendron decorum still has flowers! Rhododendron decorum Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ just…

4th April

…House Ghost’ still out in full flower. Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ Picea schrenkiana purchased from Mallet Court. Picea schrenkiana Another new ilex species for the collection – Ilex colchica….

6th May

…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…

12th September

…shortened this year. Pterocarya fraxinifolia Euonymus fortunei ‘Wolong Ghost’ is finally starting to climb up a mature Copper Beech after doing nothing for 3 years. Euonymus fortunei ‘Wolong Ghost’ After…

7th December

…daisy like. Tristaniopsis laurina Tetradium fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) remains firmly evergreen unlike other species. Tetradium fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) First colour showing on Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ above the greenhouses….