…March 2013 this plant has prospered. There used to be a huge tree among the Magnolia delavayi below the castle wall but this died in the 1963 winter. 2004 –…

…Ilex latifolia Ilex latifolia Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) in Forty Acres have survived the winter uneaten. Quite unusual. Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) You should never leave…

…siderophyllum Rhododendron siderophyllum A nice clump of stingy nettles by the Playhouse are 12 inches tall already and have grown along all winter untouched. A nice clump of stingy nettles…

…fronds frosted more than for several winters by the Playhouse. Tree fern fronds frosted Yuccas frozen out too in the pre-Christmas cold week. They survived March 2018 and the Beast…

…frost free winter. Fuchsia gracilis Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ with its gigantic tassels of flowers is superb today. What a plant! Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ The…

…their colours for winter decorations and flower arrangements. Basically you need to wait before cutting until the flower colours have faded and discoloured. If you cut flowers in their full…

…Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa 2017 – CHW Now we see why the camellias and magnolias are later than last year despite the very mild winter (as in 2015)! A surging…

…morning (the first for the winter) Magnolia ‘Todds Forty-Niner’ is virtually untouched. It has not moved on much in a fortnight and there is some slug and hail damage. However…

…the Drimys winteri which looked completely leafless and dead in The Beast last March. A full recovery here much to my amazement. Drimys winteri 2018 – CHW Four more palms…

…‘Mary Jobson’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ First flower on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’. A bit later than usual but the first frost of the winter this morning. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’…

…the garden today after ‘Winter Intruder’. Rhododendron mucronulatum Attached is a brief update of the latest UK and Cornish record trees growing at Caerhays. If you want to find more…

…touch of purple indumentum underneath. Those in between nothing. The plant is again evergreen with us and still putting on growth in winter which may well prove to be a…

Next Day > < Previous Day Return to Current Entries CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2020 – CHW Jasminum nudiflorum – winter jasmine – with pinkish…

…I have ever seen fan trained on a wall. A Cydonia rather than a Chaenomeles. quince Hedychium thrysiforme in the greenhouse. Needs heat in winter but attractive. Hedychium thrysiforme Osmanthus…

…with gorgeous bark and new growth. The flower clusters are a bit sparse and do not give much of a show. Near evergreen in a mild winter with no frost….

…and is as bad as a v cold winter. 1970 – FJW Corn and straw all harvested and collected. Yield light both in grain and straw. 60 acres in 5…

…see would die this time last year. drought casualty Acer morifolium which blew over and split in a winter gale is clearly not going to reshoot. Acer morifolium Hoheria ‘Glory…

…nine!) after I first pictured it here in flower in the winter. Is this a record? Zantedeschia aetheopica Zantedeschia aetheopica 2015 – CHW Certain rhododendrons produce a small secondary flowering…

…an Amelanchier collection next winter in Old Park. Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Obelisk’ Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ in the greenhouse. Used to grow outside above the greenhouse and now by the back yard….

…to call it triloba. A first flower on this young plant. The one down Bond Street has, I think, died over the winter. Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei Euptelia polyandra with…