23rd April

…the garden.This is the ‘Caerhays Pink’ form in the Auklandii Garden which is hardly out as yet. It is the red centre which marks this form out and it will…

25th March

…path. Frankie has cleared the fallen tree on Bond Street Frankie has cleared the fallen tree on Bond Street Frankie has cleared the fallen tree on Bond Street A tidy…

3rd March

…Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ yellow form of Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Fallen petals below the Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) below Donkey Shoe. Still plenty of…

26th March

…canadense (dark form) just coming out. We planted three Rhododendron cumberlandense (another US species) alongside it last week. Rhododendron canadense (dark form) Rhododendron canadense (dark form) The vile racist discrimination…

2nd May

…at Lanhydrock. Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlaise’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlaise’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Peter Borlaise’ Nearby a young Magnolia ‘Peachy’ has its first flowers. The big tree below Tin Garden is…

18th March

…(Caerhays Dark Form), Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ and Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick Alba’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick Alba’ Magnolia sargentiana robusta (Caerhays Dark Form), Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Off to Old Park with the…

22nd April

…novelty Aquilegia now in the Burncoose catalogue this year! A. viridiflora ‘Chocolate Soldier’. Yellowish ‘granny’s bonnets’ then turn brown-black. Aquilegia viridiflora ‘Chocolate Soldier’ Rhododendron ‘Bow Jingles’. Rhododendron ‘Bow Jingles’ Rhododendron…

2nd January

…on Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ or Rhododendron ‘Crossbill’ which I would have expected to be out by now. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ Two scented rhododendrons in adjoining clumps have each…

4th March

…Williams’ Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) below Donkey Shoe. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) Magnolia ‘Lanarth’…

20th March

…you can see. The petioles on the leaflets are of different lengths. Schefflera bodinieri Schefflera bodinieri Schefflera bodinieri Schefflera bodinieri Schefflera bodinieri Acer sikkimense just coming into leaf. Here just…