8th July

…Tregony. There is a nice scuff on the last one and the bridge! wind turbine wind turbine 2015 – CHWTo Buzy Bees Garden Centre on a photography mission and to…

6th April

…shortly to Magnolia Society International.Honey bees out and about foraging. Honey bees To Burncoose gardens to do a rhododendron promotional video. Pieris japonica Taiwanensis Group looking good on the drive….

5th September

…first Lapageria rosea flowers. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ again with a large truss of flowers. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Escallonia bifida covered in bumble bees and red admirals. Escallonia bifida…

26th July

…to have escaped the sprayer and the drought. magnolia seedling Kalopanax septemlobus in full flower and alive with bees. What a fabulous tree this is even before the autumn colour….

4th August

…also only just showing colour with huge flowers that attract bees. Again a clump of three in the post hurricane planting but rather a poor place to see it properly….

23rd August

…out, dropping nectar, and covered in bees. About 25ft tall after 30 years. Not a huge tree and an upright pyramidical shape. Few trees flower in September apart from one…

24th August

…– CHW The islands are the last bit of grass cutting for this year. No wasps nests this time. The islands Work progresses in the Rookery. A large bees nest…

25th August

…flowers in the autumn but today this tree (Hillier’s say generally a bush) clearly has ‘lime-like’ flowers which are covered in bees and flies. I have never seen this species…

27th August

…I need to go and have a look. Need to start again with this August/September flowering species much loved by bees. It is later even than Tilia kiusiana into flower….

19th September

…bit too close together for them not to have crossed up together in flower. The bees would have been busy in May. 2017 – CHW Today an inspection of the…

6th September

…odora. I saw and photographed this first in the Isle of Wight last year at Busy Bees Garden Centre. I fear it will be tricky to grow well. Daphne odora…

8th October

…a white one, has burst into flower and is covered in bees and wasps seeking its nectar. Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ has a much larger flower with…

17th October

bees in it has been left where it fell and they are still active. Ross thinks they may well swarm and move. new clearing beyond Higher Quarry Nursery new clearing…

10th August

…full flower and the bees having a field day as usual. Tilia kiusiana Tilia kiusiana Sorbus japonica with plenty of brown speckled fruits which will shortly turn red. Planted in…

6th November

…sasanqua No. 5 The tree heathers are nearly out in flower. tree heathers Camellia sasanqua No. 3 now full out. Camellia sasanqua No. 3 Bees still getting nectar from the…

Magnolias and Climate Change at Caerhays

…wingless insects so why should they not respond to the availability of the flies, bees and other insects seen in the garden this January? I conclude that the garden is…

21st July

…sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ in full flower. A hybrid named after Mr Ivey, a Caerhays gardener, and a magnet for bees and butterflies. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Digitalis sceptrum…

25th July

…Whether it is genuinely a record is more doubtful. Perhaps a record for 2018? Agave americana The flowers were full out today and covered in bees, flies and wasps. There…

27th May

…in bees and full out. Cornus alternifolia Cornus alternifolia Cornus alternifolia Flowers just out on Rhaphiolepsis indica. Rhaphiolepsis indica Fallen leaves under Quercus acuta and fallen rhodo flowers as well….

7th July

…much scent but covered in bees. When you step inside the umbrella of the tree the ‘ceiling’ is a mass of white flowers. The best thing in the garden today…