25th November

…of banksian roses and a good pile of camellias and small deciduous azaleas. from Lanhydrock from Lanhydrock from Lanhydrock A communication from Owen Johnson, the senior tree recorder for record…

23rd June

…flower. Most were over a month ago. Azalea ‘Gena May’ Azalea ‘Gena May’ 2018 – CHW Yesterday a Great Gardens of Cornwall meeting at Lanhydrock Estate Office and then a…

12th November

…for the new ELMS environmental grants from 2024.The National Trust at Lanhydrock are closing their plant nursery which has supplied their plant sales areas in their principal Cornish gardens of…

11th December

…has been in flower now for three months at last. Hypericum lancasteri Leaves still on Peter Borlaise’s Magnolia ‘Albatross’ by George’s Hut which he bred at Lanhydrock. Peter’s funeral was…

2nd May

…a campbellii shape so this may be a rather special plant which merits more investigation and propagation. Peter Borlaise was the former head gardener at Lanhydrock. Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlaise’…

5th July

…me that Lanhydrock is better! An odd house well off the beaten track with a faint hint of abandonment and in need of some serious investment. The terraced garden below…

7th July

…which he cut today. The dark purple central markings within the flower are normally hidden when on the tree as they were at Lanhydrock 10 or so days ago. Very…

21st July

…could work out what was what for themselves? Lanhydrock garden do this well in their excellent herbaceous section. So easy with mobile phones to then take away the proper name…

13th March 1897 – 2020

…normally so early and often battered were superb. ‘Lanhydrock’, ‘Marwood Hill’, ‘Lamellyn’ and ‘Westonbirt’ were fantastic but still not as good as ‘Diva’. However the new dark coloured sprengeri which…

4th March 1897 – 2020

…mollicomata ‘Mary Williams’ By Georges Hut Peter Borlaise’s creation from Lanhydrock, Magnolia ‘Albatross’, is out but a bit battered. Its leader bends over to one side proving its parentage from…