10th January

…for visitors to manoeuvre. Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Daffodils well on in Kennel Close. Daffodils Daffodils 2018 – CHW We have seen other evergreen azaleas flowering now (‘Greenway’ and ‘Hinomayo’)…

8th November

…sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ The first small flower on our new Hedychium greenii. It will get better I suspect! Hedychium greenii 2019 – CHW The Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ which looked so fine…

12th August

…x intermedia finally killed off in the drought. Eucryphia x intermedia Here an elderly Eucryphia lucida nearly dead from the drought. Another one by the greenhouse is only alive on…

6th April

…of yellow berries. Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Back to magnolias. Magnolia ‘Kousious’ is now full out. Green and yellow markings on the outside of the tepals when fully out. Magnolia ‘Kousious’…

16th May

…but with a few branches reverting to green. Weigela florida ‘Variegata’ Below 4-in-Hand this clump of rhododendrons came from Trewarthenick are were, I am told, bred there. No name! clump…

28th November

…Neolitsea aff. polycarpa fronts a good display of unnamed Camellia x williamsii. Neolitsea aff. polycarpa Rehderodendron kwangtungense (WWJ 11940) appears to be evergreen? No hint of leaf colour turning yet…

27th November

…‘Hinomayo’ as early as usual. Just the odd branch. Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ Some magnolias still entirely green and in full leaf. Some magnolias still entirely green and in full…

17th May

…making a nice clump in Tin Garden. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Azalea ‘Greenway’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’, also in Tin Garden, is quickly making a good sized shrub. Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa…

13th March

…decrepid but much new growth and rejuvenation of late. The original 1920(ish) Magnolia campbellii at Tregothnan Acer sempervirens (A. creticum) as a large tree with a semi evergreen habit and…

23rd April

…and recently planted three “white” Greenway at Tin Garden. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Then to Burncoose for staff meetings and photography. With no public in the nursery a KPK carpenter is mending…