…after a ‘salty’ winter they are now firmly established, spreading out and doing their job. These were all species and varieties entirely new to Caerhays acquired as a result of…

…exceptional peeling bark at a young age and nice foliage. It does look like an obvious casualty in a cold winter and was only planted in 2014. Amazing growth rate!…

…on the website. Still a bit small! Podocarpus ‘Golden Lady’ 2021 – CHW Ilex verticillata has a few berries this year but nothing like the crop from last winter. Ilex…

…weather still. Now just the house martin droppings to brush up and stop them blocking any culverts through the roof over the winter. the roof the roof The trunk of…

…Helleborus x sahinii ‘Winterbells’. Helleborus x sahinii ‘Winterbells’ Secondary flowers and ripe seed heads on Magnolia sieboldii. Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii The Eucryphias at Burncoose seem later into flower than…

…had severe die back even in the last mild winter. Here again is fresh new growth ready for the next disaster. Quercus liebmannii Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ is laden with unripe…

…japonica ‘Takanini’ nicely fronts the orange-red branches of Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ in Kennel Close. An excellent colour combination! Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Little leaf drop yet on…

…this is simply its winter plumage. Microbiota decussata Microbiota decussata Heucherella ‘Solar Eclipse’ may not be looking its best but you can still see why it has this name in…

…A very mild winter up to this. 1914 – JCW Quite a late year so far from 1914. No sign of a trumpet daff here. C coum is nice, Aconite…

…bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ One forgets that Cotoneaster horizontalis is not an evergreen and what a good winter colour show it can produce. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Still a few tail…

…magnolias.A leafless Buddleia farreri already coming into flower on the drive. A winter(ish) flowering species. buddleia First flowers at the very top of an unnamed (but good) Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedling…

…and Mag Philip Tregunna good colour, not so Diva + seedlings. 1995 – FJW Very mild and wet winter now interrupted by a cold snap. Fate of Magnolia back in…

…dark purple beside the bluebells. This showed colour first in November and is testament to a frost free winter (so far). Rhododendron mucronulatum Rubus tricolor ‘Betty Ashburner’ is a marvellous…

…month behind Caerhays in flowering time this year. There is evidence of recent frost damage and a colder winter than ours. Hamamelis (mollis) brevipetala Hamamelis (mollis) brevipetala Hamamelis (mollis) brevipetala…

…late autumn flowers were a sign of a mild winter and a premature spring. forsythia forsythia Primroses galore on the bank outside the front door. This is why we mow…

…‘Midwinter Fire’ looking splendid. Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ Roses trained up a metal Harrod Horticultural support. Roses trained up Quercus alnifolia with some leaves intact. Quercus…

…finest things in the garden today after a mild winter is the very tender Rhododendron stenaulum (now renamed Rhododendron moulmainense) from Moulmein in Burma. The plant with its very attractive…

…1988 – FJW Very mild winter continues – Magnolia veitchii out – Oaks, Nothofagus Procera, some acers in leaf. Open day 1320 people came – warm fine day in defiance…

…severe prune back in a month or so to rescue it I fear. Drimys winteri Drimys winteri Camellia ‘Nuccios Jewel’ is just coming out. A good new thing to propagate….

…unusual after a non winter like this I suppose. A newish deciduous species to us and quite nice. Much smaller growing than Rhododendron reticulatum. Rhododendron kiyosumense Rhododendron kiyosumense Azalea ledifolium…