22nd February

…was not today. seedling from the same seed pan as ‘Caerhays Belle’ seedling from the same seed pan as ‘Caerhays Belle’ A similar unnamed seedling in Bond Street is also…

14th February

…‘Felix Jury’ The Magnolia campbellii by Tin Garden today. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii First flowers out on Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ A Magnolia campbellii Alba…

26th February

…the base still needs final levelling and covering with myopex. multi span tunnel multi span tunnel multi span tunnel Euphorbia x martinii already in full flower. Euphorbia x martinii Camellia…

13th February

Peter Smithers’ – a darker form from Wisley Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ A Dichroa cynea with fruits. Exotic and unseen by us before. Purple…

14th March

…Margaret Helen Magnolia Charles Raffill Magnolia Caerhays Surprise Magnolia Apollo Magnolia Apollo Magnolia Display of x_williamsii camellias 2021 – CHW Two of the four boxes of plants from Pan-Global have…

20th February

…and still looks fantastic. These pictures show the colour range on the opened flowers. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Branches laden with flowers blown off the original Magnolia campbellii….

2nd May

…at Lanhydrock. Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlaise’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlaise’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlaise’ Nearby a young Magnolia ‘Peachy’ has its first flowers. The big tree below Tin Garden is…

24th February

pan as ‘Caerhays Belle’ from above the Isla Rose Plantation. Magnolia seedling The (similar) magnolia by the Hothead from above (on a drab day – again). magnolia by the Hothead…

17th February

…is not nearly as pink as the reference books say it should be. Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ On the day we open outside the back…

28th February

…flower is the true one. Magnolia ‘Kitti Wake’ Magnolia ‘Kitti Wake’ First flowers out on the late Peter Borlase’s hybrid ‘Albatross’. Peter’s obituary in the Cornwall Garden Society yearbook has…