26th May

…of newer (10 to 15 years) Millais plants. Azalea mollis ‘Drim Oosthoek’ Azalea mollis ‘Drim Oosthoek’ Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’Rather pale single…

6th May

…mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ is not that wonderful either! Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ The early spring lambs are coming on well. Early spring lambs Is this a…

20th March

…seen for 40 years. Worcester College reunion Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ below the greenhouse was one Roy Lancaster commented upon. The true ‘Apple Blossom’ is rare in cultivation. Clematis armandii…

4th June

…photograph Escallonia ‘Apple Blossom’ in flower for years and suddenly here it is. Escallonia ‘Apple Blossom’ Escallonia ‘Apple Blossom’ Landscaping work for my cousin on the north Cornish coast. Still…

16th March

…by Arnold Dance about 40 years ago. Camellia x williamsii ‘Burncoose Apple Blossom’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Burncoose Apple Blossom’ Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ is suddenly out. Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ First colour…

22nd July

…elderly tractors A Suffolk ram not looking very happy with his environment. Suffolk ram Finally a stall selling plants! Phlox ‘Romance’. Phlox ‘Romance’ Dianthus ‘Candy Floss’ was nice enough and…

6th March 1897 – 2020

…old replanting Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ might have been quite nice. Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ has one decent flower left which is not too bad a colour. One to…

5th February 1897 – 2020

…highly successful year of propagation.A flower on a one year old cutting of Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’. One flower only on 20 or so plants. Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ Magnolia maccleurii seedlings…

7th January

…very first out but no real sign of the buds swelling yet. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ Gorgeous scent on the first flowers of Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’. Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ Excellent pruning…

16th December

…the paler form of Rhododendron irroratum. Rhododendron irroratum First couple of flowers on Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’. Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ The old Gevuina avellana has massive dieback from the early summer…

15th December

…Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ A huge fallen leaf from Magnolia dealbata. leaf from Magnolia dealbata 2021 – CHW Reports of a Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ being out in flower on…

20th October

…‘Norfolk Candy’ has one surprise secondary flower outside the front gate. Another plant in this group is currently dying of honey fungus associated with the decaying roots of a nearby…

18th September

…usual secondary flowers (plus a huge bumble bee) on Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ 2023 – CHW Back at Burncoose again to hopefully finalise the 5 year Woodland Management…

13th September

…usual but early, in Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Autumn tints now on Cladrastis kentukea. Cladrastis kentukea Drought strikes two 20 year old Rhododendron auriculatum. New growth from this…

18th March 1897 – 2020

…had forgotten about but which are new to us and well worth propagating this summer:   Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Annie Waylam’ is a good paeony form and better than…

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…

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…

1st August

…and Will had covered the tree to keep the birds away. Pear ‘Merton Pride’ Pear ‘Conference’ has only a sparse showing next to it. Pear ‘Conference’ Apple ‘Coxs Orange Pippin’…

31st July

…near black agapanthus Malus ‘Pink Glow’, the crab apple with pink fruits, was the best thing on the fruit tree lines in the garden centre itself. Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus…

6th February 1897 – 2020

…on Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ about on a par to last year’s sighting. Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ Sycopsis tutcheri seems fully evergreen and now with red flowers which are actually…