…Red’ on the Burncoose website. Hilliers states ‘striking shades of bright red and orange’. What I am seeing is hardly this but this is fairly typical of Cornwall’s mild climate…

…Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ racing out by the lawn. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ 2023 – CHW Cold north wind to hold the magnolias back again – no harm in that. More rhododendrons…

…in our climate. This is the third variety to flower in the nursery this year. Lagerstroemia indica ‘Red Emperor’ Lagerstroemia indica ‘Red Emperor’ Passiflora edulis with a couple of fruits…

…‘Moonglow’ Lonicera periclymenum ‘Red Gables’ wasn’t bad although not that different. Lonicera periclymenum ‘Red Gables’ Trachelospermum ‘Star of Milano’ was another one with a pink flower and variegated leaves. Better…

…grey-brown. fungi First flowers this year on Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’. Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ Lower branch pruning on Lomatia ferruginea to prevent overshadowing of nearby young rhododendrons. Nice bark on its…

…in the other greenery. A columnar habit and smallish blue-black leaves edged purple when you look closely. Cercidophyllum ‘Red Fox’ Cercidophyllum ‘Red Fox’ Cercidophyllum ‘Red Fox’ Styrax serrulatus nearly out….

…now full out in the rain. Nearby Euchryphia ‘Pink Clouds’ still has a single flower on it. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ The large Drimys winteri has a mass…

…a few pure red flowers but, as yet, no pure white ones. It sports both colours on the same bush. Camellia ‘Adelina Patti’ Camellia ‘Adelina Patti’ The yellowish Magnolia campbellii…

…this for grafting in the batches taken recently but we can still rectify this. yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii…

…drooping flowers from equally odd, reddish buds in an odd formation. Clearly it flowers progressively over a long period. We have just the damp place in the Rockery for this…