26th October

…damp rock face and its trunk or roots have no contact with the soil at all. It derives all its nutrients and moisture from the damp rock face itself. This…

21st August

…the two zinc lined canoes which my great-grandfather used to row out to Gull Rock in (three miles?). These were once housed in the boathouse at Porthluney Beach which is…

26th April

…lives. Restoration of the rockery area extremely well done and the walled garden beautifully maintained. In the great Phytophthora ramorum scare the NT decide to remove all the laurel shelter…

12th May

…our second attempt at growing this excellent small US tree. The first suddenly died by the cash point a few years ago. The seeds are rock hard. HALESIA carolina HALESIA…

5th March

…a rock face. ‘The Green Man’ Antony House from two of the Repton vistas to the water. Antony House Antony House 2019 – CHW Frankie Tregunna and Ross Collins both…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

…waterfall and skunk cabbage rocky waterfall and skunk cabbage First bluebells out. bluebells Fittingly Rhododendron ‘Shamrock’ at the end of a three hour tour – exhausted! Rhododendron ‘Shamrock’ Rhododendron ‘Shamrock’

Irish trip April 2018

rock with a huge spread. Yew Pinus montezumae – a blue form which seemed more cold hardy than ours ever were. Pinus montezumae Pinus montezumae Cupressus dupreziana was attractive and…

18th May

…Rhododendron ‘Lemon Meringue’ Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’ – a wonderful dark red. Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’ A nice dark form of Rhododendron reticulatum. Very different from the old plant in the Rockery….

23rd May

rock from Malta and a few deadish plants. The Silk Road garden is neither a road nor silk and the plants are dull. I must stop being rude! This is…

21st February

…the original registration documents are copied here. Massey Ferguson tractor Massey Ferguson tractor Massey Ferguson tractor 2020 – CHW Storm Dennis or Ciara have caused a significant landslide or rock