8th January

…plants in full growth Herbaceous plants in full growth Out in flower today:- Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry…

14th October

…now getting going. Keteleeria davidiana Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ with its fine autumn display. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ The true Photinia villosa (we also saw P. villosa var. coreana two…

26th April

…flowers. Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Garnettii’ Another superb Rhododendron niveum full out above Orchid House Nursery. Rhododendron niveum Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ just in leaf with Rhododendron niveum. Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’…

15th September

…crop. Viburnum prunifolium Viburnum prunifolium Viburnum prunifolium Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ is turning in colour to yellow and its orange new shoots are going from red to orange as they…

1st December

…Charles during a visit here. Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ now finally leafless. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Photinia macrophylla (HWJ 5614) which I suspect is wrongly named (microphylla?)…

27th May

…with radon sumps as is now mandatory (but quite absurd) in locations like this. Trevarrick Trevarrick Trevarrick Trevarrick Rhododendron (Azalea) calendulaceum ‘Sandling orange-red form’ is new to us and flowering…

2nd October

…flowered Hedychium coronarium. This is the yellow flowered Hedychium gardnerianum. So we now have three species growing outside and a tender one in the greenhouse (Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’, H….

28th August

…years (barring COVID last year). Peter Bickford-Smith Hedychium gardnerianum ‘Assam Orange’ just out below the Rabbit Warren in its new site. Hedychium gardnerianum ‘Assam Orange’ The prize giving after the…

5th September

…to me! Melicytus obovatus The label has sadly been lost on this interesting orange Hedychium. orange Hedychium Hedychium spicatum ‘Liberty’ (BWJ 8116) planted in 2020 below the tower now has…

21st July

…at Caerhays as far as I know. Nothofagus nitida Nothofagus nitida An unusual Mexican holly, Desfontainia spinosa, with red rather than the more usual orange flowers. Desfontainia spinosa Desfontainia spinosa…