…the first of the 23 Amelanchier in the new collection planted above the kennels are just into flower. Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Flakes’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Flakes’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’…

…‘Snow Lady’ (ciliatum x leucaspis) are just going over in the big glasshouse. No scent left. Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ is full out and I have not seen…

…The original wild collected Camellia saluenensis (pale form) (first out November) Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ (first out late November) Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ (first out late November) Camellia ‘Mary Jobson’ (first out…

…oleifera ‘Winter’s Joy’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Rhus glabra with a flower but, as yet, no autumn colour. Rhus glabra 2019 – CHW Camellia…

…them asking the questions listed here! Lord Sugar Lord Sugar A survivor from my mother’s gardening era is a small bed of Iris siberica ‘Snow Queen’. Iris siberica ‘Snow Queen’…

…flower in Kennel Close. Aesculus x bushii The very last flower on Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ which first came out five and a half months ago. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ First ever…

…grisjii The crew film Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ and Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ The New Zealand form of Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ still in tight bud. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ No flowers…

…Fatsia polycarpa Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ resilient in the background of a Michelia which still has its leaves intact despite the wind. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ The clump of dead Chusquea gigantea…

…into the gardens from the hedgerows now that the corn is cut. Magnolia sargentiana robusta and Magnolia mollicomata These buds on a Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’ (I think) are very…

…on this very early (post drought) autumn.Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ on show beside the till. Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ A tremendous show from the last of the Penstemons. Penstemons Our 30 year…

…the same ancient Camellia sasanqua which we saw out at Caerhays 3 days ago. ancient Camellia sasanqua Camellia ‘Sundae’ (a japonica variety). Camellia ‘Sundae’ Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’. Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’…

…Orange’ Callicarpa shirasawanum with less berries than last year but still outstanding. Callicarpa shirasawanum Callicarpa shirasawanum No colour showing yet on Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ The unnamed Camellia…

…by the boffins but this of course is out in April to May rather than June to July. Rhododendron maddenii Rhododendron maddenii Reevsia sinica, a very rare plant I had…

…rooting out quickly in case we get a dry time in May or June. Placing out the large rhododendrons Placing out the large rhododendrons Placing out the large rhododendrons A…

…was so covered in flowers in late June / early July has dropped all its seed heads. Manglietia (Magnolia) insignis A young Magnolia thompsoniana doing well behind some rhododendrons with…

…in May to June so you would expect the seed to mature a little later than other species which flower much earlier in the year. one unripe seed pod on…

…is actively encouraging tourists to come here for half term unlike their demands to keep away in June. More and more people are questioning whether the knock on effects of…

…Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli To add another superb example of trees and shrubs flowering out of season after a hot summer (May to June especially) here is an apple…

…and one or two are the worse for wear after the June drought.Cotoneaster wilsonii had largely shed its berries. Cotoneaster wilsonii Cotoneaster thimphuensis not quite fully coloured up but far…

…date. The heatwave in May to June and subsequent dry summer has certainly fooled quite a number of plant species which do not usually do this. blackthorn For those of…