21st February 1897 – 2020

…too. Camellia ‘Look Away’ A few high up flowers on Magnolia campbellii Alba Group. This one of New Zealand origin. Magnolia campbellii Alba Group 2018 – CHW A day in…

18th March

…M. ‘Philip Tregunna’ & M. ‘Lanarth’ (Seedling) – 1st One species, hybrid or cultivar one vase M. ‘Philip Tregunna’ – 1st M. campbellii ‘Alba’ (Seedling) – 2nd M. campbellii ‘Alba’…

23rd January

…Camellia ‘Lady de Saumarez’ Camellia ‘Lady de Saumarez’ Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ – rather early Camellia ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ 2021 – CHW Sarcococca ruscifolia with berries…

7th December

…some the more conventional green with white edging. Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ The Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’…

8th August

…and introduced the Spanish Erica canaliculata to Cornwall. Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ 1917 – JCW Some R decorum, Auriculatum going over, several kinds of mountain…

5th May

…Absolutely wonderful and the best thing in the garden today. Meliosma alba Meliosma alba Meliosma alba Meliosma alba Jim and Alison Gardiner were with the tour. This is Jim’s ‘Gardiner…

11th December

…gales A second Quercus ilex shattered and fallen. A second Quercus ilex A single blown open flower on Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’ nearby. Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’ More leylandii by…

3rd March 1897 – 2020

…but the buds are yellow! yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Fallen petals below the Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New…

10th March 1897 – 2020

…look across at them properly from far. American bred magnolias Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’ (Magnolia campbellii x pink Gresham hybrid) Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’ Magnolia ‘Crimson Stipple’ (Magnolia soulangeana ‘Lennei Alba’ x…

14th March 1897 – 2020

…the path much improved since we have cleared the tree cover. Another of the same One of the three original plants here of the wild collected Magnolia campbellii Alba. This…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…true campbellii alba has not a hint of pink, at the base, and is a far larger and more upright pure white. A New Zealand Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ True M….

1st February 1897 – 2020

…out. The first soulangeana variety eight to ten weeks early at least. Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ Magnolia soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ planted in 2006…

11th January

‘Alba’ Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ A cow parsley in full flower by the frames under a Corylopsis despite the cold last week. cow parsley Acacia melanoxylon is still some way off…

22nd December

…Coleoni’. Camellia japonica ‘Margherita Coleoni’ Unusual to see early flowers on Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’. Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Holly leaves cover the ground where Storm Darragh did it worst…

21st March

…showing up well at the top of the drive. Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ is exceptional with huge flowers that droop…

1st November

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ out in the nursery as well as at Caerhays. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Alba Plena’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Alba Plena’ Camellia sasanqua (white No. 3 from Caerhays)…

31st July

…we have online but I doubt it in this weather. Liatris scariosa ‘Alba’ Liatris scariosa ‘Alba’ Helenium ‘Potters Wheel’ grows to 2ft in a pot and is not as gaudy…

8th May

…ludlowii Perhaps Paeonia obovata var. alba? Paeonia obovata var. alba Azara dentata looking very fine against a wall. Azara dentata Azara dentata Olearia cheesemanii full out. Olearia cheesemanii Female flowers…

7th April

…same flower clusters. Akebia quinata ‘Alba’ Akebia quinata ‘Alba’ This was a gift from Roy Lancaster last year. We are pretty sure it is Pittosporum illiciodes var. angustifolium which has…

25th March

…out and splendid below Slip Rail. Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ One of the original Magnolia campbellii alba now full out. Magnolia campbellii alba Camellia ‘Dream Boat’…