…take a day out to visit Tuckermarsh Plants near Gunnislake but in Devon. Mark Fillan showed us around what is quite a small but interesting nursery which Roy Lancaster wrote…

…of them). crab apples Mahonia (then) ‘species nova’ given to us by Roy Lancaster and planted below the dump on Bond Street in 2008 (two plants). I must ask Roy…

…var tenuifolia Mahonia oiwakensis ssp lomariifolia var tenuifolia Mahonia gracilipes (Roy Lancaster collection) as a mature plant but again inside Mahonia gracilipes Mahonia gracilipes Mahonia nepaulensis – odd foliage Mahonia…

…Clematis forsteri in flower in the greenhouse. Ilex spinigera, a liner with flowers which was a gift from Roy Lancaster last week. Roy actually collected this species in northern Iran…

…Sir Roy Strong who visited Caerhays a week or two ago. ‘Puce pink in overdrive’ is an amusing way of looking at the garden and quite a compliment from a…

…Then off to the Royal Cornwall Showground to judge at the Cornwall Garden Society spring show 2022. I was the stand in judge for Jim Gardiner (who had covid) and…

…– CHW I have featured this superb white climbing rose in the diary before. A wild collection (one of three here) by Roy Lancaster but far and away the best…

…drive. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata In Roy & Ann Key’s garden at the Pound grows a tall biennial echium with reddish flowers. Is this a species or a hybrid? Very…

…Garden still has colourful fruits on the following varieties:- Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus ‘Red…

…party enjoying the strong scent. Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ 2022 – CHW A visit to Tregrehan: Back at Caerhays. Roy Lancaster and Mike Nelhams underneath Magnolia ‘Sir Harold…