…wonderful coastal plant but the temptation to call it the ‘Common Myrtle’ is overwhelming. The Common Myrtle flowers earlier in the summer and is Myrtus communis. Not such a good…

…protestors block the M5 and A30 so only the very slow coastal route home via Dorchester and Honiton. Marwood Hill Garden have just won a Gold Medal at Hampton Court…

…Labrador ‘Nutty’ decides his spring mating season has arrived and he disappears down the Coastal Path. Recapture taken 1½ hours and we are both pissed off at our perambulations of…

…white in the shade. This plant will carry on flowering until the first frost. No wonder it is a Burncoose bestseller and a valuable coastal and seaside plant. Self seeds…

…This is the ‘coastal willow’ from W. North America. Not bad flowers either are they? Salix hookeriana Salix hookeriana 2021 – CHW These two bulls have just been let out…

…ponticum Rhododendron ponticum Podocarpus ‘Blue Gem’ has the most superb new growth. I was introduced to this plant by David Lees in Lymington who once grew it in his coastal…

…and clump forming shrubs will go behind the Ilex platyphylla hedge. This is a wonderful coastal windbreak which salt laden gales scarcely touch and which we already use to good…

…fire hydrant A new seat at the Look Out for the public to enjoy the view from the coastal path. The seat was purchased by money leftover from the village…

…their coastal parks but the local council park at Perranporth was still free to use.Quite a performance for us setting up a contactless payment system at the car park which…

…was not that mild! Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Filming today with (ITV owned) Two Four Productions for a series of Cornish coastal programmes on Channel 5…