…Sun’ Elymus arenarius ‘Blue Dune’ – incredibly blue foliage in full sun Elymus arenarius ‘Blue Dune’ Elymus arenarius ‘Blue Dune’ Geranium pratense ‘Algera Double’ Geranium pratense ‘Algera Double’ Geranium pratense…

…CHW Some wonderful flowers on Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlase’ which is genuinely bicoloured in the same way as Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’. I see that there is a picture of Peter…

…scurry (behind the spaniel). dogs Sheila Tidball and Peter Bickford-Smith collecting the clay shoot entries. Sheila Tidball and Peter Bickford-Smith Schefflera myriocarpa is about to flower – three flower spikes…

…best. Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitchii’ Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitchii’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x M. ‘Black Tulip’ – not as large a flower as expected but showing promise with its…

…show the colour range on the opened flowers. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Branches laden with flowers blown off the original Magnolia campbellii. Not too much to worry about…

…alpina ‘Blue Dancer’ looking good. Clematis alpina ‘Blue Dancer’ Clematis alpina ‘Blue Dancer’ Clematis alpina ‘Francis Rivis’ just coming out which is much darker in colour. Clematis alpina ‘Francis Rivis’…

…Hemerocallis Hemerocallis Hemerocallis Salvia ‘Black and Blue’ nicely out by the drawing room window. It shows up well against the Pentewan granite. Salvia ‘Black and Blue’ Salvia ‘Black and Blue’…

…‘Hobella’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ The Harrow hybrid rhododendrons on Hovel Cart Road are now full out. Harrow hybrid rhododendrons Harrow hybrid rhododendrons In Tin…

…a pure campbellii shape? When I look it up it is a Gresham hybrid and should be a dark red – so wrongly named. Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’…

…the requisite 2m away so ‘social distancing’ was maintained during filming. Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ The pure white single…

…well. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ The Magnolia mollicomata x sargentiana robusta seedling above the Crinodendron Hedge is perhaps the best full out magnolia in the garden today although…

…I think it is well worth its place today even if it is not nearly as pink as the reference books say it should be. Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter…

…today (which required gloves and was short because it is bloody cold) was to photograph the first few flowers on Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’. BBC Spotlight showed these as part of…

…‘Bishop Peter’ is full out but starting to shed petals (tepals). A lighter colour than usual as I have said before. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Ians Red’, one of Ian…

…after what he once wrote about David Knuckey and Burncoose some 30 years ago. Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ 2004 – FJW Dry January. Seaweed left pond – 2…

…You can see the pile of prunings. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ I wonder if we cut down the new apparently dead (blown out of ground…

…Tulip’ Bluebottle flies hatched and sunning themselves on the trunk of this magnolia. Bluebottle flies 2023 – CHW Annoyingly I have broken my camera lens when it ‘fell off’ my…

…was new to the catalogue last year. Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’. Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’ Still berries on Ilex aquifolium ‘Argentea Marginata’ which is unusual for mid-March….

…late flowering evergreen azaleas now in the catalogue – Azalea ‘Blue Moon’ and Azalea ‘White Moon’. Azalea ‘Blue Moon’ and Azalea ‘White Moon’ Azalea ‘Blue Moon’ and Azalea ‘White Moon’…

…full flower. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ at its best although I have missed the true blue early buds. Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’…