…Thunderstorms and welcome rain last night with SW wind. Quite a bit of minor debris on the drive.This is one of Roy Lancaster’s wild collected rose species but name lost…

…gate (A. viscosum x A. ‘Midsummer Mermaid’) blue leaved Azalea Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – light pink form now full out. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Ross is burning up below Bond Street….

…flowers. Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala (CWJ 12441) Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala (CWJ 12441) Nice tints on the new growth of Disanthus cercidifolius. Disanthus cercidifolius Gladiolus ‘Prins Claus’ in Roy Key’s…

…growing than other species and seems to like shade as here. Eventually four to five feet in height I would guess. Sarcococca wallichii Sarcococca wallichii Sarcococca orientalis was a Roy…

…‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’ Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’ Malus…

…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…

…Roy Lancaster wrote up recently. This is very near Champernowne Nursery so that is how deliveries to Burncoose could be made.Clare needs to get in touch to consider an order…

…species. Quercus georgii Quercus georgii 2017 – CHW I have featured this superb white climbing rose in the diary before. A wild collection (one of three here) by Roy Lancaster…

…I think a solitary survivor of what was ‘Royal Flush Apricot’. ‘Royal Flush Apricot’ ‘Royal Flush Apricot’ ‘Royal Flush Apricot’ 2017 – CHW First flowers on Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ and Hydrangea…

…insignis var. insignis 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…

…szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ was collected by Roy Lancaster in 1989 from 3,500 metres up from sea level in Sichuan and planted here in 2001. Betula pendula ssp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’…

…from Roy Lancaster still looking wonderful on Bond Street. Mahonia species Nova Laurel planting below Bond Street looks good. Laurel 2021 – CHW A trip to the nursery today with…

…Camellia japonica ‘Red Dahlia’ Camellia japonica ‘Red Dahlia’ Camellia ‘New Venture’ outside Roy and Ann Key’s garden at The Pound. Philip Tregunna, who bred this new hybrid to celebrate the…

…intro Mahonia sp. Ogishu 94056: One of Roy’s Philadelphus aff. sargentianus: Scandent branches, fragrant +++ free flowering Philadelphus maculatus ‘Sweet Clare’ Pinus emeritana Pinus imeritana Pinus siberica: Very slow growing…

Next Day > < Previous Day View 26th February 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2026 – CHW Jaimie has sent Roy cut flowers…

…bred by Roy Scamp. Narcissus ‘Mr Julian’ First close up this year of a bud and flower on Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ 2024 – CHW…

…salicifolia. Magnolia salicifolia 2024 – CHW Four sets of new thing to try from cuttings from Roy Lancaster. cuttings cuttings cuttings cuttings A very fine magnolia ‘Lanarth’ on Bryan and…

…‘Fairy Blush’ 2022 – CHW A visit to Tregrehan: Back at Caerhays. Roy Lancaster and Mike Nelhams underneath Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’. Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ John and Isla. John…

…‘Mary Potter’ Malus ‘Liset’ Malus ‘Liset’ Deborah Steel sends me 3 pictures of the camellia lecture in Chandlers Ford last month. Good pictures of Roy Lancaster. camellia lecture in Chandlers…

…not 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…