…Watsonia zeyheri on Penberth nurseries’ stand. Watsonia zeyheri Elegia tectorum Elegia tectorum Plectranthus zuluensis Plectranthus zuluensis On our stand Philadelphus ‘Starbright’ stood out and sold in minutes. Philadelphus ‘Starbright’ Philadelphus…

…verticillata Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ also spot on today. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ In the greenhouse a flower on Michelia laevifolia x Michelia maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’. Michelia laevifolia x…

…avium ‘Plena’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ very fine in the garden as well as on the show bench. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Malus hupehensis which has died out at…

…Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ full out above the greenhouse. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ 2020 – CHW If you have been pondering on the demands of our own chief medical…

…on the dry summer and our below average rainfall up to now. Leaf drop under the Trevanion holly as we have come to expect from many hollies in a mild…

…The first snowdrops really are out. snowdrops The Trevanion holly on the drive is shedding a lot of green leaves. We have seen this before on common hollies in damp…

…latifolia Ilex latifolia Ilex latifolia Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) in Forty Acres have survived the winter uneaten. Quite unusual. Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) You should never…

…at all convinced. The purple colouring on the new growth looks, perhaps, more like Ilex x meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ or ‘Blue Princess’? holly holly A 50 year old Lithocarpus pachyphyllus…

…make it? Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Balearica’? More investigation needed. Trevanion Holly Trevanion Holly A branch off an evergreen buddleia and a deciduous azalea blown several yards down onto the drive…

…Ilex cytura growing as a clump at Trewithen. I need to get to see these. Originally this holly was called Ilex forrestii and also incorrectly identified as Ilex ficoidea. Bean…