…no others but buds on Delavayi. There has been a little frost but fuchsias not hurt. A lot of rain in the last weeks. Some daffs coming up. Camellia sasanqua…

…truncatum var. barbinerve 2019 – CHW Yet another filthy wet day but just time to catch a little more autumn colour at Burncoose.Sassafras albidum a lovely red in the till…

…little new row of Camellia x williamsii ‘Les Jury’ taking out at least one of them. Planted last spring. oak branch The gales have stripped the bark off a yew…

…the plan gets changed a bit when we are in situ. A few plants missing and a few extra ones so the master list will have to change a little….

…little damage so far but I have probably commented too soon! 2018 – CHW Another visit to Tregrehan on Thursday to enjoy the wonders of this extraordinary garden with the…

…year’s propagation. young rhododendron plants Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ now coming into flower. A little later than usual I suspect. Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ 2023 – CHW A long suffering ‘Christmas Rose’…

…x williamsii ‘Donation’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’ 2018 – CHW First flowers on Rhododendron moupinense a little later than last year I think. Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron moupinense Disaster with the…

…Christoph has passed up by with little rain by comparison to the north and only minor gales. It has however blown open a few flowers very high up on the…

…being fairly early years for a little colour.The first excellent and darker Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedling in Old Park is just out. Look at the colour in a fallen petal! Magnolia…

…by the front door with a little hail/wind damage. I wonder how long camellias live even in poor soil in an exposed spot like this? Japanese temples have camellias which…

…evasive action taking them down above Burns Bank to avoid the danger areas. They were impressed but had little plant knowledge. On the way to cheer (me anyway) up I…

…moving a little, the best thing has been R lutescens. 1928 – JCW Much as in 1918. I picked a half open sinogrande. 1919 – JCW Daffodils well ahead of…

…front gate. The birds have really started their spring chorus and the swans are fighting off the Canada geese on the lake. I will give them a little help with…

…starting to move although there is still a little frost damage to the leaf edges. They will readily grow through this. Gunnera manicata This Quercus acuta was stripped by a…

…fargesii full out in the quarry. Rhododendron fargesii Then off to Tregrehan.First sighting of Euptelia pleiosperma in flower. Amazing rare new introduction. Flowers a little like an Acer negundo. Our…

…little known Magnolia macclurei flowering again, albeit sparsely, on the drive. Perhaps the first UK flowering of this species was four or so years ago here. Magnolia macclurei Magnolia macclurei…

…– FJW Very little rain for 8 weeks – garden very early – most of the Magnolias are over. Visited Marwood Hill. 1980 – FJW Flower still out on Lanarth…

…little movement in the daffs, we are about five days behind 1899. 1899 – JCW Two or three Reticulata, a few Ciliatum, a few Emperor and Empress, most of the…

…Just time to catch a little sunlight late afternoon to bring you (again) the record tree 1913 planted Magnolia campbellii which is now full out and just starting to drop…

…is its first flowering and it is most definitely exactly as it should be. Perhaps these first flowers are a little smaller than they will be in more maturity later…