…a hot summer. Passiflora caerulea Camellia sinensis (cuttings from Tregrehan two years ago) already well into flower in our own greenhouse. Slow growing but covered in bud. Quite different to…

…green and variegated foliage but no flowers as yet. Agapanthus ‘Silver Moon’ Two other plants which we ought to stock:Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ – wonderful foliage. Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’…

…Rhododendron nuttallii Acorns developing on Quercus variabilis. Its leaves look as though they should be evergreen but are not. Quercus variabilis Quercus variabilis Magnolia ‘March Till Frost’ with secondary flowers…

…the majority of the other evergreen azaleas. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ (let us forget the Japanese name here) living up to its name perfectly. Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ Prunus ‘Chocolate…

…Magnolia wilsonii A late semi evergreen azalea on the top ride which I have not taken in before. semi evergreen azalea semi evergreen azalea The pinkish form of Rhododendron (or…

…that ALL azaleas (evergreen and deciduous) are the product of hundreds of years of breeding from a relatively few species of deciduous and (even fewer) evergreen Chinese/Japanese rhododendron species. Rhododendron…

…Magnolia nitida Laurel stumps all gone above the greenhouse. Laurel stumps all gone 2023 – CHW Wonderful red-purple new growth on Osmanthus yunnanensis. Osmanthus yunnanensis A young Camellia trichocarpa with…

…as a form of the native Ilex aquifolium. We have a plant in the greenhouse which Susyn confirmed is correctly named as is a young plant of Ilex fargesii subsp….

…days with some rain they did! azaleas This was pinched from Asia’s greenhouse. Originally it was used to boil up rabbits and eggs to feed young pheasants before the first…

…and rather a let-down after such a peculiar green and yellow bud. The first flower shrivelled after only 48 hours but still one more bud to come. I do not…

…red. evergreen azalea clump evergreen azalea clump As far as I can pin this old clump to a name it is Azalea ‘Pink Delight’. Azalea ‘Pink Delight’ Azalea ‘Pink Delight’…

…on the Burncoose drive. Rhododendron neriiflorum I am unsure of the name of this evergreen azalea. A bit like ‘Gumpo’ but not quite. azalea. A bit like ‘Gumpo’ azalea. A…

…evergreen leaves? Rhododendron wadanum ‘Album’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ now into leaf. It will get darker yet. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Juglans major has interesting new growth. As nice as…

…A whole new subject to get into one day. 2018 – CHW Off to the greenhouse to sort through seedling rhododendrons then to be grown on in the frames and…

…some not that different perhaps but possibly all still unique originals? evergreen azaleas evergreen azaleas evergreen azaleas evergreen azaleas evergreen azaleas evergreen azaleas evergreen azaleas evergreen azaleas evergreen azaleas evergreen…

…Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ and Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ with its greenish-white semi-double flowers streaked green below the Tower. Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ The rather dull Prunus mahaleb,…

…Kalleberg’ Magnolia x wieseneri ‘Aashild Kalleberg’ To Trelissick to have a look at what was once their National Collection of Photinia. Photinia nussia – a small evergreen tree with interesting…

…stocks and a temperamental plant to grow well. Pleione bulbocodiodes 2019 – CHW An RHS lecture tour to look at ‘unusual evergreen trees’ with eight in the audience. Picea bicolor…

…‘Toro’ The rare Maddenia hypoleuca flowering away for the second time. Maddenia hypoleuca Maddenia hypoleuca Ilex ficiodea covered in bud. Ilex ficiodea Tetradium fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) appears to be evergreen…

…a huge crowd but a tasteful green ribbon! Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ has now lost all its flowers. Bashed into submission by the rain and hail. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ An evil…