16th March 1897 – 2020

…Watkins, Emperor, Horsfieldii, 116, Artemis all out and Princep Mary, Albatross, Seagull, Caerhays, G Spur, H Irving, Maximus and Victoria at their best, King A, Sirius, G Bell and RRB…

18th March 1897 – 2020

…for Cl. 1900 – JCW The seedling Ciliatum opening, none of the things on the opposite page are nearly open except Sirius, Snow. 1898 – JCW Golden Bell came out….

19th March 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ or Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’. Again this needs formal naming and registration. ‘Caerhays Majestic’ seems appropriate or perhaps ‘Caerhays Philip’?So off to Old Park to plant magnolias. Around…

23rd March 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ just starting. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ The Magnolia veitchiis stand out behind the castle. Magnolia veitchiis Campbell Clarke and his friends after…

16th February 1897 – 2020

…in size and colour. Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ just coming out and what a colour. Words fail me to…

14th February 1897 – 2020

…idea of its name but large trusses with red edging to each bell. Can anyone enlighten me please? Well worth a name and propagating as it flowers so early. On…

16th January 1897- 2020

…1898 is ahead of 1935. 1898 – JCW M de Graaf breaks through, also Princep Mary, Sirius, Golden Bell etc, one seedling of Maximus shows colour and one or two…

24th December

…news that Cornwall is now in Tier 2 so all shooting lunches now have to be outside. Malcolm Bell, the head of Cornwall tourist board, believes we should all be…

15th August

…progressively burnt off by the sun – the other half of the plant already dead. Magnolia sieboldii 2021 – CHW Bell heather (Erica cinerea) on Wolsingham Moor which was already…

1st November

…flower is open but ‘Plantation Pink’ has an upright habit as we know. The immature flowers are nothing like ‘Plantation Pink’. I need to send these pictures to Caroline Bell….

31st October

…dependens Caroline Bell thinks our Camellia sasanqua (No. 5 through the arch) may be the same as a C. sasanqua which won a first-class certificate at an RHS show on…

25th October

…colour developing slowly. Maackia chinensis The second ancient Camellia sasanqua has its first flowers now out. Camellia sasanqua 2020 – CHW Caroline Bell, who is writing an article for the…

11th April

…‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Purpurascens’. Magnolia denudata x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ supposedly. Cannot see this really but this matches the picture in the Eisenhut book….

9th July

…of the bottle is here. Campbell Clarke brought one of the creators of this new juice to Caerhays recently. tomato grower tomato grower tomato grower tomato grower Then on to…

3rd July

Bell has been in touch with you regarding the historic planting of sasanquas at Caerhays as part of her research. Would you be happy for me to share the list…

12th June

…waterlilies, a fair lot of Arums, picked of seed this week some Emperor, P Mary, no 23, and G Bell. All the early trumpets picked, moved a lot of bulbs….

5th June

…China’ Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’. Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’ 2024 – CHW Jaimie and Michael win the RMC Group Centenary Cup for our exhibit of Magnolia rostrata at the Trewithen…

25th May

…of the bell flower. Quite nice plants but wrongly named. Enkianthus cernuus rubens Enkianthus cernuus rubens 2017 – CHW Home in a state of total exhaustion. Swollen ankles, blistered feet…

15th May

…Rushforth 2016) just leafing up. Tilia tuan var. chenmoui Tilia chingiana with its drooping new growth shoots. Tilia chingiana Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’ now with its faintly coppery young leaves. Quercus…

11th May

…Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’ Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Jersey Belle’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Jersey Belle’ Another Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ still in new growth in full shade. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ Fagus sylvatica…