Magnolias and Climate Change at Caerhays

…spring; the snowdrops. Again the diary can readily demonstrate that they appeared exactly on time at Caerhays on around 10th January. They have often been earlier and are now, as…

14th April

…Rhododendron ‘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…

26th December

…good. Roses some good yet snow but no real frost. Geraniums uncut. 1905 – JCW Ericas open, C imperati just. Colour on the snowdrops. Frost and damp day stopped rose….

RHS Savill Garden – Flower Show Pictures – 2018

…Rhododendron ‘P J Mezzit’ Rhododendron ‘P J Mezzit’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Prunus incisa ‘Odariko’ Prunus incisa ‘Odariko’ Prunus incisa ‘Odariko’ Rhododendron barbatum (Needham 473) Rhododendron barbatum (Needham…

29th March

…bouts of snow and the worst weather since 1979.Amazing how many two year old camellias have been sold in six weeks. One side of this tunnel was completely full in…

29th December

…– not much – [Camellia sasanqua] ‘Winter Intruder’ at its best. 2000 – FJW Snow started 9.55am – first sizeable fall for some years. 1998 – FJW R. John Williams…

31st March

…Cup’ Then 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…

31st December

…the cold vernalised snowdrops into springing into flower but we have had only 1 days frost (a month ago) this winter. snowdrops A primrose on Christmas Day and now, suddenly,…

19th October

Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Rhus glabra with a flower but, as yet, no autumn colour. Rhus glabra 2019 – CHW Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ just out…

3rd November

…Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ The unnamed Camellia x williamsii on the drive is well out (as usual) in early November. The larger plant outside the front gate is…