…space of time could not be greater. All of the rhodos featured on our Chelsea stand have gone fully over. Even the deciduous azaleas have flowered and finished in this…

…the two nights of minor frost earlier this week have caught the flowers on Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Three lots of fungi (two the same) on a small…

…botanical day of spring is declared once six magnificent Magnolia Campbellii in each of the Great Gardens of Cornwall have flowered, with at least 50 blooms on each of the…

…lot of time over the contractors stupidity. Juglans ailantifolia Kalmia polifolia totally covered in flowers at the nursery entrance. Kalmia polifolia Mahonia x wagneri ‘Fireflame’ was planted out a year…

…‘Sodekakushi’ Michael has arranged for the old Rain Gauge to be repaired and restored. During lockdown we spent hours trying to find one similar to the two I remember from…

…casualties of the last 2 years drought show up today. A red jungle fowl wandering about in the newly cut Kennel Close. A red jungle fowl I had always admired…

…‘Real Deal’. Verbena ‘Santos Purple’ and Leucanthemum ‘Real Deal’ Salvia ‘Fairy Queen’ not bad at all. Salvia ‘Fairy Queen’ Hydrangea ‘Red Baron’ – another new name for what looks very…

…glabrescens This was not quite Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ but the pheasant did not mind Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Abies forrestii would be perfect as a vigorous replacement for the abies which…

…few nasty looking red fungi on the lawn which the pheasants are clearly enjoying – or something is! No idea what they are or if poisonous. red fungi 1992 –…

…Here the Scouts receive their cheque. Scouts receive their cheque. And here the Cornwall Air Ambulance. Cornwall Air Ambulance 2021 – CHW Excellent bronzy-red new growth on Sisygium smithii. Sisygium…