21st April

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW First flowers out on Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’. Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ And an…

30th June

…tree planting ceremony on the bank opposite the front door. The master and clerk wear their ceremonial chains of office and past masters have special ties. We assemble for the…

7th March 1897 – 2020

…angle to see the colour properly. What a colour! Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Rhododendron Golden Oriole var ‘Busaco’ – a hint of…

10th January

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Camellia saluenensis shedding flowers fast now. Camellia saluenensis Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ just starting to shed. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ 2021 – CHW…

26th May

…in the master plan. Perhaps P. microphylla? Perhaps P. microphylla Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Xanthocarpa’ very sparsely bracted. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Xanthocarpa’ Large flowers and interesting new leaves on…

28th September

…is his skill and precision as a master forester and tree surgeon that the site is really not a mess and, anyway, the 1950s tree was growing lopsidedly in shade….

17th October

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW To Burncoose for some pre-filming with the RHS for our Master Grower exhibit…

8th April

…‘Margaret Helen’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Tropicana’. Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Michael receives 2 cups. Michael receives 2 cups Michael receive…

23rd December

…Note the hints of darker pink as the flowers open. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ As usual, plenty of salmon-pink…

29th November

‘Michael’ (after Charlie Michael the head gardener here until 1956). ‘Michael’, they say, is a larger / the largest flowered form of ‘Cornish Snow’. It is certainly out four to…

28th May

…hidden by the foliage but the smell drowns out whatever unpleasantness the wedding party left in here. Massacred camellia by Michael Massacred camellia by Michael Michael and the new gardener…

28th November

…Snow Michael’ is nearly going over. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ First flowers high up on the old original Camella ‘Cornish Snow’ below Donkey Shoe. Camellia ‘Cornish…

8th March

…and ‘Michael’s Purple’ listed with this parentage. From what we saw yesterday I guess ‘Avalon’ as this was a 2017 planting and ‘Michael’s Purple’ is a brand new Lunaplant name…

1st April

…Cloud’ hybrid between Michelia doltsopa and Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ This is the conventional Michelia doltsopa which Michael Levett grew from a seed and is now 30-40 feet tall in…

26th April

…and had to be cut up. A huge laurel branch Thankfully no damage to the Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ opposite. Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ Rhododendron luteiflorum nearly out. Rhododendron luteiflorum Not that…

11th March 1897 – 2020

…– CHW MAGNOLIA ‘Bishop Peter’ MAGNOLIA ‘Bishop Michael’ My father named two very early flowering Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedlings ‘Bishop Peter’ and‘Bishop Michael’ (two bishops of Truro from the 1980s). Peter…

19th December

…japonica ‘Italiana Vera’ just out. Camellia japonica ‘Italiana Vera’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ and Camellia saluenensis. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ and Camellia saluenensis A snakebark maple blown over…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 4)

…Congreve 12 years ago the rhodo and camellia plantings were so thick that it was obvious Michael White, the head gardener, had a battle ahead. Four years after Ambrose Congreve’s…

30th April

…be on this year’s Chelsea stand! Rhododendron ‘Saffron Queen’ Neither will Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’. Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ The Caerhays bred Azalea ‘Black Hawk’. Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ The…

10th March

…need the tree surgeon this summer. elderly beech trees Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ now out low down and a good colour. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ I cannot resist more…