16th July

…bit too small for it to be the true species. Perhaps Magnolia ‘Ralph’ or ‘Charles Coates’? Not quite like the M. ‘Charles Coates’ at Burncoose in flower form (more yellowish…

7th April

…that we had lots this! I see a huge plant below Hovel Cart Road as well today. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ Rhododendron arboreum ‘Peter…

26th April

…(in a group of three) very nearly ‘Charles Michael’ which had died out on us but still hangs in there at Burncoose. Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ x Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’…

27th March

…The latter is more popular today with the public but undeservedly so. It flowers much later than the Dr too. Camellia ‘Miss Charleston’ Camellia ‘Miss Charleston’ Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles

30th May

…Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ My sister in law and niece line up for a bit of packing duty with Andrew as has been normal throughout…

12th February

…paddock. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ is in tight bud on the lawn and in the paddock. Magnolia Charles Raffill is showing but not much. Magnolia sprengeri Diva ‘Burncoose’ Nothing even showing…

IDS Thank you email and photos

…Tilia lenta? Lizzie, Charles & Peter Hoffman Charles and Peter Hoffman                 Finally, can you tell me if the tree in the third…

21st September

…A very successful breading year for them. Two egrets around the lake. The Blue Cedar was planted by H.R.H. Prince Charles on 24th April 1984 below the Nobby. It has…

18th January

…‘Celebration’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’ by Tin Garden full out. Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’ ‘King Alfred’ daffodils in Kennel Close. The first clump…

19th November

…mineral collections at those two residences in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In 2008 Charles Williams, the current owner of Caerhays, met Courtenay Smale, a retired mining engineer…