12th May

…champetre Cinnamon Cindy Camellia champ Cinnamon Scentsation Camellia reticulata Debut Camellia champetre Gay Baby Camellia champetre High Fragrance Camellia ss Kerguelen® Camellia ss Kicho Camellia classique Manuroad Road Camellia ss…

5th February

…‘Cinnamon Scentsation’ Camellia ‘High Fragrance’ just starting. Camellia ‘High Fragrance’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ nearly over and well scenting the air on a still overcast day. (Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ beside it…

21st July

…it is to label a long herbaceous border as it grows but why not a chart with the correct names so people could work out what was what for themselves?…

24th April

…of the new rockery border. Actinidia kolomitka covering a wall. Actinidia kolomitka Actinidia kolomitka Cutting the ribbon with Terence, Lizzie and Thomas. Big speech. Cutting the ribbon Cutting the ribbon…

Irish trip April 2018

…Blarney Castle A yew border filled with topiary and alliums. Odd but effective and different. Below it a whole bank of rhododendrons newly planted from Millais nurseries. yew border Statue…

5th July

…‘Hidcote’ and Jasminum officinale affine 2018 – CHW A trip to Cotehele which is reputed to have the best herbaceous borders of any National Trust garden in Cornwall. Take it…

27th August

…The drought has hastened the demise of this old, original tree. Rehderodendron macrocarpum Massive flowers shoots forming on Schefflera delavayi. Untouched by the drought. Schefflera delavayi Borderline dead large Rhodendron…

2nd July

…beach daisy, was swamping all its neighbours. Dandelion flowers and leaves (but hairy). South African origin and a thug of a plant in any border. Arctotheca populifolia Arctotheca populifolia A…

13th February

…us now from seeds, as cuttings and as grafted plants all from Caerhays material. A newish site near Gunnislake on the Devon/Cornwall border but just in Cornwall. Exciting to see…

15th February

…for the Rockery soon. Rhododendron aureum Also in flower inside is Eurya japonica ‘Moutiers’. Compact growing and almost a hedging plant for a flower border. Looks nothing at all like…