23rd March

…full out in Penvergate. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ (from Kevin Hughes Plants) first flowering. Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ just starting….

14th February

…No scent yet. Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Despite what I said a few day ago we do still have 11 swans here although the old pair are clearly…

27th February

…is excellent for a magnolia. Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ The top path of Forty Acres is littered with storm debris and a few blown over trees which were…

10th October

…tree flowering in Jaimie’s garden. A very fine flower for October! apple tree Going back to Ilex mutchagara Bean says it is a close ally of Ilex crenata from the…

20th November

…the cash point today. Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Cotinus ‘Grace’ is equally good alongside it. Cotinus ‘Grace’ Deutzia crenata ‘Nikko’ with a lovely reddish-purple hue as well. One…

26th March

…Perfume or M. Rebecca’s Perfume’ in colour or scent? Not in MSI Register? Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Sybille’ in Penvergate. (M. ‘White Giant’ x…

22nd June

…the north coast of Cornwall in a garden designed by Burncoose. Hebe x franciscana ‘Variegata’ doing equally well. Hebe x franciscana ‘Blue Gem’ Hebe x franciscana ‘Blue Gem’ Hebe x…

8th December

…the flowers would be out by now anyway. Clematis cirrhosa ‘Landsdowne Gem’ Clematis cirrhosa ‘Landsdowne Gem’ Clematis cirrhosa ‘Landsdowne Gem’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ is now full out and beginning to…

27th March

…‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Golden Gala’ just coming out but a few days from its best. Magnolia ‘Golden Gala’ Magnolia ‘Golden Gala’ As was the champion tree of Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’….

10th May

…purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’. Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Halloween’. Malus ‘Halloween’ Malus ‘Halloween’ Malus ‘Indian Magic’. Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Views over the…

3rd May

…no leaves as yet. wisteria Malus ‘Tor Scarlet’ Malus ‘Tor Scarlet’ Malus ‘Tor Scarlet’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus…

31st May

…cold winter I believe. Podocarpus ‘Blue Gem’ Podocarpus ‘Blue Gem’ The last few flowers on Michelia foveolata. Michelia foveolata Michelia foveolata Azalea ‘Moidart’ from afar. Azalea ‘Moidart’ Viburnum globosum (?)…

13th April

…Rosemarinus officinalis ‘Pointe du Raz’ Rhododendron ‘Taurus’ just out. Rhododendron ‘Taurus’ Magnolia ‘Golden Sun’ in the magnolia tunnel. Magnolia ‘Golden Sun’ Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ Scabious columbaria ‘Pink Mist’ out…

17th March

Gem’ Camellia ‘Winter Gem’ 2023 – CHW Jim Gardiner with Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusky Pink’ which he gave us a few years ago. Today in full flower with a beaming Jim!…

5th March

…hybrid. Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’. Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’ Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ (bought from Kevin Hughes Plants). Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’…

25th May

…– CHW Azalea ‘Arneson’s Gem’ Azalea ‘Arneson’s Gem’ The plan is unnamed deciduous azaleas on the drive but Jaimie suggests I start at Hovel Cart Road. An eight to ten…

5th February

…hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ in full flower. A good new thing in the catalogue. Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Caerhays’ above the fern bed in…

19th January

…catalogue. Here just coming out. The flower “buds” are dark red but will open white eventually. Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ View 19th January 1897 – 2020…

24th September

…show in the Kitchen Garden too. Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ – not so different to ‘Golden Hornet’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus toringo…

19th December

…collection which awaits planting in the Kitchen Garden still has colourful fruits on the following varieties:-Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Golden