25th March

…and will be dead in 10 years or so. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi Magnolia x loebneri ‘Lucy Carlson’ is a UK hybrid named in 2002 by John Carlson. The cross…

26th March

…Park and John Anderson. No doubt it will get more silvery. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Rhododendron arboreum (pink form) by the greenhouses in a huge mature…

13th October

…after the rain. What a tree! Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ 1997 – FJW November Pink had a flower – seen by John Morley. 1994…

25th December

…wife and eldest son are at Burncoose with COVID. John & Katie and the grandchildren are stuck in Bristol and Serena awaits news of whether Neil can escape from the…

28th March

…by Sir Richard Carew-Pole’s garden party including Robert Hillier and Kenneth Carlisle.Sir John Carew-Pole (Richard’s father) started these annual March magnolia trips to Caerhays with my father several decades ago…

30th January

…out in Penvergate. This was early last year and I missed it altogether. The original grows at Sir John Cave’s house, Sidbury Manor, in south Devon and dates from 1946….