15th June

…Sunday with £1,956 raised from gardens entry and car parking for Cornwall Hospice Care.A pot full of Salvia ‘Love and Wishes’ outside the front door which replaced the now planted…

17th July

…tall with a similar spread. Although taller growing the colour mix is very similar to Hydrangea serrata ‘Kiyosume’ as I have argued before. Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you…

3rd July

and fashionable (lacecap) Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’. Very like the Hydrangea serrata ‘Kiyosumi’ in my old hydrangea reference book in fact! Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ 2016…

27th July

…now. They all have silly names but this one is quite nice although the early picotee edge has faded here. Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love

22nd August

…natural hybrid, when you consider how common both parents are on the Lizard heaths. Best wishes, Colin Erica x williamsii Erica x williamsii Erica x williamsii Erica x williamsii Erica…

26th March 1897 – 2020

…us dearly in revenue terms. 2015 – CHW Garden tour with Anna Lisa De’Ath, editor of Land Love magazine, and some shooting clients/friends who appear with their new two year…

21st May

…from the stand so that the website can now show the whole stand with key insets of: Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ Salvia ‘Love and Wishes’ Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’…

18th July

…as ‘Love and Wishes’ perhaps? Salvia ‘Amistad’ Salvia ‘Amistad’ 2017 – CHW A garden tour with some South Africans who live in the UK for painfully obvious reasons.A plant of…

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…japonica ‘Spring Festival’ Camellia japonica ‘Anemoneflora’ Camellia japonica ‘Anemoneflora’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jenefer Carlyon’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jenefer Carlyon’ Camellia japonica ‘Love Light’ Camellia japonica ‘Love Light’ Camellia japonica ‘Cornish…

12th July

…this heatwave. Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ can be blue or pink. Reliable flowerer. Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ – silly name but good variety. Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Selina’ –…

7th May

…like this. Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ Magnolia ‘First Love’ is new to us and certainly an unusual mix of colours (Area 27). Magnolia ‘First Love’ Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ has been recommended…

22nd June

…franciscana ‘Blue Gem’ Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ just emerging. Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ in full shade. Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ Hydrangea ‘R.F. Felton’ – huge flowers. Hydrangea ‘R.F. Felton’ Hydrangea…

IDS Thank you email and photos

…photo is Tilia lenta? it is in the new area just beyond Aesculus wangii. Please God may I be a labrador at Caerhayes in my next life? with best wishes

30th June

…the Calystegia soldanella photos are of Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis). C. Soldanella has small round succulent leaves as in the photo below: Best wishes, Colin Convolvulus arvensis Convolvulus arvensis Calystegia…

24th April

…will be progressing further with Philip’s book. Best wishes SallyFrom: Charles Williams PA Sent: 29 April 2020 09:42 To: ‘Sally Hayward’ Subject: RE: An update from Steve Hootman, Rhododendron Species…

19th March

…comes into its own. I discover that Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ is another name for ‘Lu Xing’. The name ‘Sunrise’ was used against the wishes of the introducer and therefore is…

5th October

…clever way of closing churches against parishioners express wishes. Planning Permission Planning Permission Planning Permission Our excellent semi-retired vicar has been allowed to stay on until May rather than being…

14th July

…much sign of myrtles yesterday at Osborne house despite their love of hot dry banks and self seeding. Perhaps too cold for Amomyrtus luma but plenty at Ventnor. Myrtus communis…

25th December

…sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Many small birds are singing are singing away in the stillness as if it were already spring. A pleasant and hopeful Christmas day. I would love to compare…

14th November

…– CHW A great deal of wind damage in the week since Storm Ciaran and today we have Storm Debie. The BBC weathermen love this virtue signalling of safety and