10th June

FJW 1955-2007

CHW 2015-

JCW 1897-1939

CW 1940-1955

2025 – CHW

The High Sherrif of Cornwall (Geraint Richards) with Justin Orchard at the Burncoose stand in the flower tent at the Royal Cornwall Show.

Rhododendron maddenii just coming out with gorgeous scent.

Frankie moves on!

Deutzia ningpoensis below White Styles.

Deutzia subulata.

Deutzia pulchra (Roy Lancaster gift).

A very old plant of what I think is Deutzia scabra with the pink tinge to the buds.

The last flower on Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’.

Lomatia tinctoria just coming out.

2024 – CHW

A young heifer decides to try to walk to the beach. She must have walked down the river from beside the lake.

Then to Trebah for a Great Gardens of Cornwall photocall.

Three spikes of Puya chilensis but only one still has the remarkable green flowers left on it. Here alongside a spike of Echium pininana.

The view down the Trebah gardens valley to the Estuary.

Indigofera amblyantha I think in a large clump on the edge of the lawn.

Not sure which species of Aeonium this might be?

Mixed Aeoniums in the circular bed beside the house.

Fagus sylvatica ‘Atropurpurea’ and Acacia melanoxylon as one looks down the valley.

Then to the photoshoot in the new walled garden which I opened only a year ago.

Some very fine Callistemon citrinus ‘Splendens’.

The Great Garden representatives being prepared for the ‘Last Supper’ photocall. Publicity for the 2025 season.

This is the marketing team from Idenna.

Isoplexis canariensis

Cestrum parquii

2023 – CHW
Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ12217) trying to flower.

The massive trunk of the Quercus acuta above Roger’s Quarry.

Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x M. virginiana.

First flower out on Magnolia dealbata.

Fatsia polyneura with attractive new growth.

Magnolia moto covered in buds this year; even low down.

First flowers ever on Castanopsis sclerophylla. Undersides of the leaves spectacular as on all Castanopsis.

2022 – CHW

Of all the deutzia varieties Deutzia x hybrida ‘Strawberry Fields’ takes some beating.

Cornus kousa ‘Weaver’s Weeping’ is now in full shade and flowering below its potential.

Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’ full out. Purple foliage and the blue flowers will fade to pink.

Azalea indica – one of several different coloured forms towards the top lodge in three elderly clumps.

The St Michael Caerhays flower festival in its full glory for the next three days to help raise funds for our tiny church. The flower festival will sit alongside the Caerhays charity fete on Sunday.

Viburnum wilsonii has made excellent growth in three years and now plenty of flower. Not that different to V. odoratissimum in flower although not evergreen.

The evergreen Syzygium smithii with its exceptional bronzy new growth. Myrtaceae family and known in New Zealand as the ‘monkey apple’ because of its large clusters of white to maroon edible berries. Unpruned it may grow to 15ft in height.

Viburnum parvifolium lives up to its name in terms of leaf and flower size. A neat compact bush which adds to our viburnum species collection.

2021 – CHW
Thick coastal fog for the start of the G7 leaders conference in Carbis Bay. Helicopters that only a US president could bring in the sky and along the coastline. Not much sightseeing in Cornwall with Carrie Johnson as host. They went to St Michaels Mount.Fuchsia exorticata still full out on the top wall.