…suddenly usually full of canker having grossly over-flowered.Just beyond the Four in Hand is a late flowering double white cherry which came in a batch from Hillier’s. With all the…

…into flower. An odd looking protea-like plant for the conservatory. Isopogon anemonifolius Isopogon anemonifolius Prunus incisa ‘Oshidori’ is also new to us. Very pretty and double flowered. Later than most…

…few flowers out low down on this enormous tree. Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ A fine new clump of Azalea ‘Melina’ has semi double flowers and is quite a show…

…kaempferi Azalea kaempferi – a variable evergreen azalea species. Here with slightly double or hose in hose flowers. I once judged Nigel Holman’s exhibit at the Cornwall Garden Society show…

…flower profusely. Daphniphyllum macropodum Daphniphyllum macropodum Some flowers on this Camellia reticulata ‘William Hertrich’ are single but most are semi-double. The colour does fade as you can perhaps see here….

…standout than other species. Halesia macgregorii Interesting new growth on Nyssa leptophylla. Nyssa leptophylla The double flowered and ancient Azalea ‘Narcissiflorum’ just out. Azalea ‘Narcissiflorum’ Syringa josikaea just showing too….

…4-5ft of new growth already this year. Nasty spiked prickles on the stem. Perhaps 15ft tall now. Aralia foliosa A young Magnolia macrophylla has doubled in size in a year….

…when I last passed by. One of nine different sasanquas planted here in 1999 this is the only one showing. By sasanqua standards a very large double flower. Camellia sasanqua…

…1930 – JCW Corylopsis pauciflora is very nice. C williamsii fair. 1920 – JCW The double cherries are nearly at their best. 1915 – JCW Bean left. Frost had cut…

…many flowers, lots of new growth and variegation mainly on the older untrimmed foliage. An impressive semi-double white flower and certainly one to add to the Tregothnan national collection of…