1st December

…x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ Camellia ‘Sugar Dream’ an excellent addition to early December and should be more widely grown. Camellia ‘Sugar Dream’ Camellia ‘Sugar Dream’…

12th September

…11, 2020,… based on the data available at the time, Congress was informed that the estimated mortality rate for the coronavirus was ten-times higher than for seasonal influenza, which helped…

3rd August

…different but this is the one being sold everywhere in the Isle of Wight today. Coprosma ‘Pacific Dream’ Coprosma ‘Pacific Dream’ 2015 – CHWA quick trip up the drive to…

8th March 1897 – 2020

…Zandee’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Purple Dream’ – first flowering here Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x ‘Vulcan’ – first flowering…

14th May

…nursery is very shocked as he had worked with us in his youth and from time to time since.Another yellow magnolia. This one is Magnolia ‘Ossies Yellow’ after the American…

9th February 1897 – 2020

…in the wind in Kennel Close. Tiny flowers which are unformed and yellowish. Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’ similarly afflicted….

16th April

…x veitchii ‘Isca’ towers behind the castle. Magnolia x veitchii ‘Isca’ The rare Rhododendron xichangense. Rhododendron xichangense Rhododendron xichangense One young Rhododendron williamsianum flowering for the first time in Kennel…

10th March

…Harold Hillier’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Deep Purple Dream’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Deep Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’. Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Good to see…

23rd November

…‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Dream’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Dream’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Dream’ The new multi span tunnel is now full of the next crop of herbaceous plants. multi…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…the first time last year but failed to set any seed. Our Meliosma oldhamii does not have bark like this but it did set seed last year. Meliosma simplicifolia subsp….

21st March

…flowering for the first time. Not that wonderful really. Camellia reticulata ‘Fée de l’Aulne’ The normally later flowering Magnolia ‘Serene’ is already out. Magnolia ‘Serene’ Magnolia ‘Serene’ A decent dark…

16th November

…sasanqua ‘Winter’s Dream’ Berries turning colour now in profusion on Ilex perado subsp. perado. Ilex perado subsp. perado First time flowering that I have seen of Azalea ‘Glendoick Glacier’ –…

17th November

…colour. Enkianthus serrulatus First flowers on Camellia sasanqua ‘Sugar Dream’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sugar Dream’ Lindera angustifolia still in full leaf with flower buds showing up clearly. Lindera angustifolia First colour…

7th April

…a young Rhododendron neriiflorum ssp. phaedropum which I think we saw for the first time last year. Rhododendron neriiflorum ssp. phaedropum Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ looking good alongside the old…

22nd March

…full out on Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’. Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ Magnolia ‘Sayonara’ slightly wind scarred. Magnolia ‘Sayonara’ Yet another Rhododendron arboreum ‘Tony Shilling’ looking good. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Tony Shilling’…

28th March

…the first time. This is Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. ‘Caerhays Surprise’ bred in Wales by John Carlson and selected by Tim Thornton. Until I looked up the parentage I…

26th December

…little leaf drop. new magnolias Another hard pruned clump of Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’. The second time that has been pruned in its lifetime. Planted in the late 1960’s. Rhododendron ‘Michael’s…

17th December

time) used to be a Great Garden of Cornwall and open to the public full time but has since become very private. Peter could be incredibly kind and generous but…

4th April

…plants from time to time in profusion.So to the centre of 40 Acres Wood to see how the American Gresham and Pickard magnolias are getting on here. Some casualties due…

22nd April

…flower behind it. Eriobotrya deflexa Rhododendron zaleucum has very few flowers after its haircut last year. Rhododendron zaleucum Probably the last time we will ever see the original clump of…