29th July
…with the archive here. Perhaps upon my ‘retirement’ (I doubt)! 1929 – JCW (Handwritten note attached to Garden Book page) Seed to get later: Specimens of Ekianthus. 9 Cernus rubens…
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30th May
…of being quiet and having time to think after two happy (part) days at Burncoose celebrating with the staff with a little pink fizz (36 bottles for 24). No London…
14th July
…RJW and Beatrice. RJW and Beatrice The chief photographer gets into his swing. Karol! Karol! Isla in her party dress. Isla Serena emerges. Serena The happy couple. happy couple Serena…
27th December
…full out and some over. Mahonia x media ‘Buckland’ A rude email from a happy ex customer who does not like my comments on Brexit in the introduction to the…
22nd May
…2021 – CHW Susyn Andrews and Brian Schrire are finally able to get here to sort out the final identification of the holly collection. In a long but happy afternoon…
29th May
…some winter dieback. (HWJ 946). Not that happy in too hot a location. Ilex chapaensis Picconia azorica making excellent new growth and now about 5 feet tall. I wonder when…
December at Caerhays
…pictures here, same last year – typical! Rhododendron mucronulatum flowering on 14th December. First flowers on Camellia ‘Jurys Yellow’ 19th December. 25th December – Happy Christmas and Happy Flower Hunting….
17th May
…pink when full out. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Albiflorus’ Jaimie forbade any cutting from the superb pink tinged Rhododendron lindleyi for the Chelsea stand and I am happy to agree. Rhododendron lindleyi…
Royal Cornwall Show – 2022
…good truss. Rhododendron rigidum Rhododendron fictolacteum Rhododendron fictolacteum Rhododendron fictolacteum Rhododendron irroratum – very different to our irroratum ‘Polka Dot’. Rhododendron irroratum B. Camellias Camellia japonica ‘Happy Higo’ – a…
23rd July
…of weeding to do Nerium oleander perfectly happy outside at Ventnor! Nerium oleander An excellent bit of new planting after ditching the old but why no labels? excellent bit of…