…full out campion below White Styles. Cor! campion campion The unnamed Camellia x williamsii clump outside the front gate is full out and the best thing in the garden today….

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’ 2023 – CHW Warm, muggy and drizzly in the run up to Christmas. No prospect of a white one! Still a few buds to open…

…with a couple of errant pure white flowers. Rhododendron ‘Turnstone’ Cotoneaster glomeratus had no fruits this year and is now, as usual, shedding its leaves slowly and late in the…

…wind. Branches block the entrance below White Styles. Branches block the entrance A huge Sycamore tree narrowly misses the Trevanion holy. A huge Sycamore tree An ilex oak branch by…

…workshops at Burncoose Fruits on Sorbus needhamii planted out in October. Sorbus needhamii Jaimie and Michael inspect their aerial layers on the newly registered Michelia ‘White Phantom’. Nothing showing yet…

…December. Fagus longipetiolata Sorbus hedlundii with ripe seed now ready to drop. Sorbus hedlundii 2022 – CHW The very last two flowers on the ancient white and pink Camellia sasanqua’s…

…is actually redeveloping well from earlier dieback. Meliosma pungens Meliosma pungens Marvellous new growth on Ilex dimorphophylla. Ilex dimorphophylla Odd how the pure white Camellia reticulata holds its four month…

…Blandford’ Out of season and the very first 3 flowers on Ternstroemia aff. luteoflora (FMWJ 13360). Seems to have red flowers to me rather than the white or yellow ones…

…Plantation Isla Rose Plantation Two more good young plants of Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ above the Isla Rose. Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ A clump of dead white Rhododendron arboreum due to come…

…here. Lush new growth in November is dangerous. The same thing happened at Burncoose where a well-established plant succumbed to cold winds. Hydrangea lobbii Baby lambs in White Styles filed….

…Old Park, Bond Street and White Stiles piles to deal with. 2020 – CHW Attached is an interesting article on Rhododendron williamsianum by Barry Starling taken from the Rhododendron, Camellia…

…house. Sadly Kerry Burns died recently Narcissii already emerging. The prostrate growing Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall White’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall White’ I have looked every day but only now does the…

…flowers on just one (as yet) of the larger Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Plenty of flowers on Lonicera fragrantissima above White Stiles top gate. A…

…Red’ The white Camellia sasanqua No. 2 now at its absolute best. Camellia sasanqua No. 2 Camellia sasanqua No. 2 2023 – CHW Hedychium coccineum flowers very late here. This…

…on the older untrimmed foliage. An impressive semi-double white flower and certainly one to add to the Tregothnan national collection of sasanquas. They have x vernalis but not ‘Dawn’. Camellia…

…very prone to phythopthera ramorum. Thankfully this old plant remains sound. Drimys winteri Drimys winteri 1943 – CW Double white Camellia, and a good many of the hybrids, Olieifera nearly…

…peeling to reveal creamy white bark flushed grey and pink. A little of all the bark forms is shown here. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis…

…Despite the frost Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ flowers on against a blue sky. Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’ untouched by frost. Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’ Next to…

…The first daffodils largely eaten by pheasants. first daffodils The first flower is out on Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’. Surely an all time record for early flowering? Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing…

…apace. laurel cutting laurel cutting Velvet covered flower buds nearly ready to flower on Michelia ‘Fairy White’. About a fortnight I guess unless the weather changes. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia…