18th May

…and Pink Pearl good as far as they know how. Coombe Royal hybrids very good. Azaleas are very good. 1901 – JCW About five days behind the above. Auklandii’s just…

24th March

…form above the wall which once got Dr Davidian, the great rhodo expert and author from The Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh, into a huge state of excitement. We have…

3rd April

…garden was built in his name at the Royal Cornwall Showground. 2015 – CHW MAGNOLIA ‘Butterflies’ is nearly out MAGNOLIA ‘Yellow bird’ It is a bank holiday (Good Friday) but…

9th April

…here than all the other stellata varieties. Magnolia stellata ‘Jane Platt’ 2019 – CHW The Cornwall Garden Society spring show for the first time at Wadebridge (Royal Cornwall county showground)…

10th April

…Malus ‘Red Jade’ Malus ‘Red Jade’ Malus ‘Cardinal’ – stand out best in flower so far. Malus ‘Cardinal’ – stand out best in flower so far. Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus…

6th February

…Niner’ a week on with a few flowers fully out. Todd Gresham’s 49th cross made in 1964 in California ((M. x soulangeana ‘Rouged Alabaster) x M. ‘Royal Crown’). The parentage…

21st July

…any acorns. Beside it is Tilia mongolica (bought from Duchy Nurseries at the end of a Royal Cornwall Show 15 or so years ago) with its unlime shaped leaves and…

22nd July

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW The annual visit to the Royal Isle of Wight Show and the usual…

29th June

…to produce flowers than other forms of M. virginiana. Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ 2022 – CHW The Royal Isle of Wight County Show. Fortunately the Gardeners’…

27th July

…Trevor Wright at the end of a Royal Cornwall Show. I had always thought it was Tilia henryana but knew for years that its identification was wrong. For the first…