2nd April

Evans’ in a group in the nursery. An impressive plant with no cold damage at all. Corydalis solida ‘Beth Evans’ Corydalis solida ‘Beth Evans’ Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ flowering three months…

26th December

…here. He showed sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ (long over) and (just starting) sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ which were out here in late October. Also, today, I inspected over evergreen Euonymus myrianthus. John’s…

17th January

…2021 – CHW The elderly Camellia ‘Imbricata’ on the top wall just starting. Camellia ‘Imbricata’ A small self-sown Camellia saluenensis seedling near a huge clump of Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’…

23rd November

…of Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’. He wondered if it was Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ but its too dark a pink in colour. The leaf and habit is also all wrong…

9th November

…Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’ works well in a vase with Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’. Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’ The view out over Porthluney Beach from the Isla Rose Plantation at about 4pm…

4th October

…‘Oregon Sunset’ Hesperantha ‘Oregon Sunset’ Camellia ‘Dazzler’ now full out. Other Camellia sasanquas out today included ‘Hugh Evans’. Camellia ‘Dazzler’ Camellia ‘Dazzler’ Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ with its attractively mottled…

16th May

…flowers. Entirely new here as far as I know but a Wilson 1907 introduction. Morus cathayana 2020 – CHW I rather rate the economic journalist, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. He writes bluntly….

25th June

…and neither had I even before lunch. unknown rose unknown rose unknown rose 2016 – CHW A visit from Lizzie’s mother (Alice), her long-time nurse (Olivia) and gardener (Hugh). Alice…

1st February

…the two attached photographs which were taken in very early colour and which are in the collection of an amateur photographer called Hugh Charles Knowles which is housed at the…

22nd May

…Guy Hands Gemma Arterton & John Hill Gemma Arterton & protea ‘Little Prince’ John Hill from Burncoose Nurseries, Gemma Arterton, Gabby Evans from the Prince’s Trust Enterprise Programme, Charles Williams…