1st July

…Another group of three of the very late flowering Azalea ‘June Fire’. As dark a red as you could wish for. Below the rubbish dump. Azalea ‘June Fire’ 2019 –…

7th February

…Burncoose from my annual ‘wish list’ accumulated from what I have seen on webcasts and garden videos in lockdown. Lots of new specimen sized new German bred magnolias amongst them…

7th July

…views views views A wild spreading mallow near the field entrance. mallow I wish I had brought the Cornish wildflower book for Will. 2020 – CHW A day to look…

IDS Thank you email and photos

…certainly have added a whole bunch of magnolias to my wish list. I don’t think we asked you what your favourite tree was. Not necessarily my favourite but a huge…

2nd April

…record of the show which you can click on if you so wish and are interested in this (boring) historical record of the show. 2021 – CHW One of those…

17th October

…pile of wood – I wish I knew more about fungi! fungi fungi fungi Clerodendron trichotomum is producing a wonderful crop of blue seeds inside red calyxes. An attractive tree…

10th October

…attractive purple stalks in panicles. The flowers have purple stems in April and these suddenly stand out again in the autumn. They are not quite ripe but Asia may wish

28th March

…which many of us have every year when prompted or, as we wish, in a free society.[I am now told that the missive is entirely ‘fake news’ so here is…

26th December

…varieties from my ‘wish list’ have arrived from and via Burncoose. Few are large enough to plant out yet and will have to go to the greenhouse frames for repotting…

9th October

…chlorosarca Crataegus tanacetifolia covered in yellowish fruits. Crataegus tanacetifolia Crataegus tanacetifolia Crataegus tanacetifolia Crataegus heldreichii looks fairly ordinary by comparison. Crataegus heldreichii Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ with a few…