3rd August

…forgot to look for a price. willow creations Then on to the Roseland Plant Centre who used to be trade customers of the nursery when we once did van sales….

30th January

…All Western Hunt meetings stopped. I stayed in London as transport impossible and Mary at Penzance 1ft in backyard. 1944 – CW Single Camellias almost at their best. Lady Clare…

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…Camellia japonica ‘Pink Chiffon’ Camellia japonica ‘Pink Chiffon’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Cameo’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Cameo’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Taylor’s Perfection’ – a bit like ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ as the…

25th August

…bit above ours I thought. These plants of Fascicularia bicolor especially good. Fascicularia bicolor Fascicularia bicolor 2018 – CHW For the second year a pigeon has nested in Camellia ‘Mary

23rd January

…CW Half a dozen flowers on Cam reticulata Mary Williams fully out. First red cup in Tin Garden. 1923 – JCW Hamamelis going over, first Caerhays daff open in the…

17th September

…The Vean instead. Mary described the marquee decoration as ‘Chelsea chique by the sea’. She was on security/bouncer duty for two and a half days. They did not trust us…

15th January

Mary Williams – Camellias very forward – starting cutting back centre block of big bed of Hydrangeas above drive. Snowdrops good. 1928 – JCW Just as in 1926. Erica hybrida…

23rd February

…here. The first is a campbellii seedling from the same batch as we gave Lady Mary Holborow a plant when she retired. I think we dug it up from beside…

18th November

…to have a chance of seeding properly. I must prompt Louisa to gather Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ which always seeds so well by the glasshouse at Burncoose and recheck our…

7th April

…fully in flower but a bit rain battered. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ looking splendid above the greenhouse but with loads of rootstock suckers (S. holocarpa itself perhaps) which…