11th December

…Rhododendron cinnabarinum subsp. xanthocodon Concatenans Group After the much earlier errant single flower Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’ now has a few decent blooms here and there and a mass…

10th December

…path. ‘Cornish Red’ rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ rhododendron Nearby Camellia ‘Jovey Carlyon’ has its first flowers. This camellia was previously in rather more shade under a huge Abies grandis which fell…

17th March

…‘Golden Oriole’ Rhododendron ciliialyx just out too. More fool the plant as it feels now. Rhododendron ciliialyx Serious sporting (red) on Camellia ‘Jovey Carlyon’ which is a pure white. Just…

16th March

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’ sporting pink flowers at Donkey Shoe. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’ 2023 – CHW Mahonia leschenaultii flowering here for the first time. Mahonia leschenaultii Mahonia…

17th April

…month’s heat and sun: Camellia x williamsii ‘Tristram Carlyon’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Tristram Carlyon’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ On the way back I stop to photograph ‘hogwort’ in…

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…japonica ‘Spring Festival’ Camellia japonica ‘Anemoneflora’ Camellia japonica ‘Anemoneflora’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jenefer Carlyon’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jenefer Carlyon’ Camellia japonica ‘Love Light’ Camellia japonica ‘Love Light’ Camellia japonica ‘Cornish…

18th April

…still looks spectacular today. The large double red which shows up the most is Camellia x williamsii ‘Tristram Carlyon’. camellias below the fernery Another Magnolia ‘Peachy’ set against a blue…

22nd April

…Camellia ‘Hooker’ was bred by Gillian Carlyon. It is almost a Higo camellia in the shape of its stamens. Camellia ‘Hooker’ Camellia ‘Hooker’ Lonicera korokowii Lonicera korokowii Lonicera korokowii This…

27th February

…H Irving, several Caerhays, a large lot of my own seedling trumpets. 1899 – JCW Prunus triloba first flower, many cernuus, the Carlyon Arboreum open, most f the Rho praecox,…