1st February 1897 – 2020

…Donkey Shoe but there will be some flowers still to come out for weeks yet. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ full out. A 1931 planting…

17th December

…best thing out in the garden today. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ One of our young Magnolia caveanas in a totally sheltered and secluded spot has leapt…

26th March

…as usual, Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’. Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ from Lunaplant. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ from Lunaplant. Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ Magnolia ‘Diana’ from…

12th November

…flowered last autumn is out again. The flowers look a bit premature and are not quite fully formed. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ A light blue hydrangea still full…

7th March

…grow? Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ This Quercus engleriana came from Kew in the 1920s according to the records. This species has just…

29th November

…We need to propagate from the two plants above the ‘George Blandford’. ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Three Corokias with masses of different coloured fruits: Corokia…

27th November

…Michael’ is usually a fortnight earlier than ‘Cornish Snow’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia taliensis flowers largely blown off the tree before anyone has seen them….

18th April

…‘Purple Planets’ Malus ‘Obelisk’ – grows as its name implies. Malus ‘Obelisk’ Prunus ‘Spring Show’ growing away nicely. Prunus ‘Spring Show’ Prunus ‘Spring Show’ Malus ‘Harry Baker’ – pleasant enough…

2nd April

…yet) Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Serene’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ (much better than ‘Hot Pants’). [I fear this is actually ‘Hot Pants’!] Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring

27th December

…one of the older Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ is as full out as I had expected. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ 1968 – FJW Cold spell started. 1943 – CW…

19th March

…‘Felix Jury’ Prunus campanulata ‘Felix Jury’ Astonishing colour on Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’. Magnolia…

24th October

…on Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’. Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ A major surprise to find a dozen or so flowers out in October high up on an original Camellia x williamsii…

18th February 1897 – 2020

…is a large batch of Mahonia bealei ‘Cornish Silver’. This too originated from a Needham introduction. One stock plant was in full flower. Orangy-yellow! Mahonia bealei ‘Cornish Silver’ Mahonia bealei…

31st October

…Camellia x williamsii outside the front gate. Camellia x williamsii As usual a few rogue flowers showing colour at the very top of a nearby Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’. Rhododendron ‘Cornish

21st August

…our ancient leafless Magnolia nitida is now well on the way to a full recovery after its total defoliation this spring after the drought years. A wet summer has saved…

15th February 1897 – 2020

…to the beach for spring sexual encounters. Hence I am not in the shit with Mrs W. 2017 – CHW The huge Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ beyond the greenhouse is out…

23rd May

…hope based on May last year. While we have been away there seems to have been a car rally by the ‘Proper Cornish Cruisers’. Proper Cornish Cruisers Proper Cornish Cruisers…

20th February 1897 – 2020

…many times along with the ‘Cornish Snow’ over the years. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ The flowers on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ are enormous this year with quite a bit…

23rd November

…demise of the plant. Rhododendron campylogynum The Camellia x williamsii ‘J.C. Williams’ hedge around the Rockery now full out. Camellia x williamsii ‘J.C. Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ with a fair…

3rd June

…the taste of iris was not to their liking. iris Still plenty of water flowing from the spring below the top lodge under the trash into Old Park. spring But,…