1st May

…in the 2021 Burncoose catalogue. Just buds for now but interesting leaves with an odd silvery hue. Crataegus schraderiana Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ just out. Rounded habit so…

Visit to Tregrehan – 12th March 2022

…entrance. Pachystegia insignis Pachystegia insignis Peach blossom already in the greenhouse. Peach blossom Tamarillo (tree tomato) laden with ripe fruit. Tamarillo Rhododendron veitchianum just out. Rhododendron veitchianum Brassaiopsis aff. hispida…

23rd September

…non-fruiting) crab apples rather than apple trees themselves. Malus fit well into the woodland garden flowering season here as they perform in May and early June. Long after the Asiatic…

27th September

…fruit in a hedge and are enjoying the rather bitter taste. crab apple tree crab apple tree A group of Betula utilis var. jacquemontii growing in a garden in Northumberland….

26th April

…rounded yellow fruits C. speciosa ‘Madame Butterfly’ – pink/bicolour C. speciosa ‘Salmon Horizon’ C. speciosa ‘Orange Storm’ C. x superba ‘Apple Blossom’ – pink and white – variegated C. x…

1st August

…to keep the birds away. Pear ‘Merton Pride’ Pear ‘Conference’ has only a sparse showing next to it. Pear ‘Conference’ Apple ‘Coxs Orange Pippin’ was starting to colour up nicely….

3rd March

…‘Bressingham White’ Bergenia ‘Bressingham White’ Centranthus ruber ‘Coccineus’ – absurdly early. Centranthus ruber ‘Coccineus’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Souvenir de Behaud Litou’ Camellia ‘Souvenir de Behaud Litou’…

10th October

…Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli Gallipoli To add another superb example of trees and shrubs flowering out of season after a hot summer (May to June especially) here is an apple

17th August

…than in Cornwall. Cyrtanthus elatus I think this is Mentha longifolia or Horse Mint but it might just be Mentha rotundifolia or Apple Scented Mint. The leaves look some way…

13th July

…hollyhocks A 150 year old apple tree on its last legs – extraordinary. apple tree The garden is half on chalk and half on green limestone. Here is Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’…

15th June

…in Cornwall. Mining tin and lithium in Cornwall Cornwall Seaweed Company. Cornwall Seaweed Company Fishing. Fishing Cornish Cream. Cornish Cream Cornish Apple Growing. Cornish Apple Growing China Clay. China Clay…

13th February

…Garden Kitchen Garden Kitchen Garden Kitchen Garden Kitchen Garden The old potting shed and apple store which we hope to restore one day. old potting shed and apple store Lots…

31st March

…Prunus ‘Matsumae-beni-yukata’ full out and splendid. The National Trust want us to use social media to promote the cherry blossom which everyone is missing. These new Matsumae cherries should be…

8th April

…and is the ideal crab apple for making jelly. Malus ‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ 2018 – CHW A tour with another Duke and Duchess and their friends. Non gardeners…

3rd May

…coronaria ‘Elk River’ Malus coronaria ‘Elk River’ Malus coronaria ‘Elk River’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus toringo – a semi weeping Japanese crab apple growing only to 8-10ft. Malus toringo…

29th May

…was cleared of dead apple trees and replanted 30 years ago. The cherries have matured and died already. Some rhododendron hybrids are making a show and only a few magnolias…

10th June

…‘monkey apple’ because of its large clusters of white to maroon edible berries. Unpruned it may grow to 15ft in height. Syzygium smithii Syzygium smithii Viburnum parvifolium lives up to…

6th July

…and rather a reflection of the reverse? mussels mussels The odd white flowered weed with very prickly seed heads last autumn outside the Schoolroom window was Datura stamonium (thorn-apple). It…

3rd August

…var. fauriei Hypericum beanie (2858) was part of a recent trial of Hypericum at Wisley and, although not mainstream, it was commended. Hypericum beanie (2858) Hypericum beanie (2858) Apple sized…

16th October

…Chocolate’ Celastrus orbiculatus with a good show in the sales point. Celastrus orbiculatus Malus ‘Golden Hornet’ with larger yellow crab apples than seen elsewhere in this diary recently. Malus ‘Golden…