…Sir Richard Carew-Pole. The enormous Quercus suber must be the largest in the UK. Certainly bigger than Tregothnan’s. Quercus suber Quercus suber Quercus suber An enormous Acer campestre; the Field…

…Planted in 2006 and already 20ft x 15ft. Magnolia ‘Shirazz’ Magnolia ‘Shirazz’ Magnolia ‘Shirazz’ Michelia doltsopa just emerging high up on the big plant by Georges Hut. Michelia doltsopa The…

…same varieties in Castle Wood seem to have buds unscathed. Frogs in the moor. Warm wet spell. 1933 – JCW Seedling Magnolia denudata shows colour i.e Wilsons big plant it…

…at Caerhays a few more magnolias on the drive. This Magnolia ‘Shirraz’ is perfect today while the other two big ones were destroyed by last week’s hailstorms. Magnolia ‘Shirraz’ Magnolia…

…Rho fargesii, the big quarry plant, is most beautiful. Anenome alpenina good, daffs at their best. 1908 – JCW No Reticulata but stuff has moved well in the last week….

…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ A big clump of Erica arborea full out and strongly scented as the evening draws in. Showing colour on New Year’s Day it is…

…grafted plant labelled ‘Alba’. A travesty which is only spared being cut down as we need a big tall plant here for when the Pinus insignis opposite it is felled…

…the day but a few more big distance shots of magnolias on the drive are all that there is time for today. Getting colder!The true Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’…

…is most unusual. Out of kilter to put it mildly. Rosemarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’ Rosemarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’ Not a single flower bud this year on their big Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ by the…

…February. That is really the point as no other big leafed rhododendron species flowers this early. 2017 – CHW A large commotion outside the front gate with crows mobbing something….

…the true colour. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedling Rhododendron delavayi is almost over above the Big Quarry. This has been visible for weeks from the Bottom Lodge. Rhododendron delavayi Rhododendron delavayi Then…

…are established and the culms (stems) trimmed up each year to show their colour, texture and nodes. Bamboo classification and (re) naming has been an even bigger and more moving…

…check all the other clumps to see if other seedlings have similar colour variations. There is a big clump below Hovel Cart Road and others in the Ririei Opening. 2019…

…here for 20 years. The one at Burncoose is no bigger and not invasive either despite what the reference books say. Sasa tsuboiana Carpinus kawakamii still showing its full set…

…all the big buds. It will be dead by April and the leaves are just yellowing and starting to droop. Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ The two plants next door are…

…January 25th 1990 Blew out (all record sized trees) 1 Nothofagus obliqua 2 Nothofagus menzeseii 2 Nothofagus procera 1 Nothofagus solandrii 1 Nothofagus antarctica ½ Nothofagus cliffortioidesBig group Eucryphia cordifolia…

…open, snowdrops at about their best, very fine and mild. 1897 – JCW Snow and very hard frost last night, but no ice on the big pond, strong NE wind….

…late evening sun! Previously we had used a rather tatty old ramp with plastic grass on big occasions. This is much better. steps onto the lawn 2016 – CHW Another…

…and off since December, several roses going, a Camellia or two, also R barbatum is fair, and white Clianthus, a trumpet has been open 10 days under the big wall….

…right beside Georges Hut between the two big michelias. Certainly an oddity which confirms my dislike of these plants from Taiwan. Tetrapanax papifera Tetrapanax papifera 1982 -FJW A very stormy…