…Azalea ‘Tebotan’ Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ with its double flowers. Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ Rhododendron ‘Van Nes Sensation’ Rhododendron ‘Van Nes Sensation’ Something is, like last year, biting the…

…grande seedling in the Ririei Opening. Rhododendron grande Michelia laevifolia ‘Sophie Van Vive’ (Raf Laenarts 2020) also to small to cut and no flowers yet. Michelia laevifolia ‘Sophie Van Vive’…

…frost damage below White Styles. frost damage Magnolia ‘Susannah Van Veen’ – the New Zealand cross akin to ‘Caerhays Belle’. Magnolia ‘Susannah Van Veen’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’…

…cherries over – Auklandii hybrids nearly over – Devonshire hybrids in bud. Daffs over. Auklandii’s just started to open. 1911 – JCW Auklandii’s splendid, Van Tubergens Iris at their best….

…flower on a magnolia just below Donkey Shoe. An unusual colour and very late but the label has vanished. Need to check 2018/9 planting plans which are with Jaimie for…

…van Veen’. 2018 – CHW A fine and sunny day at last and we have managed to break the back of this year’s new planting. The more tender plants for…

…same parentage of Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ and Magnolia sargentiana ‘Robusta’. One hybrid comes from New Zealand called Magnolia ‘Susanna van Veen’ and other hybrid was crossed here called Magnolia ‘Caerhays…

…this spring. He has plenty of stock of :Beschorneria septentrionalis – a Mexican species with dark green leaves which will tolerate full shade and dry soil. 2L Beschorneria septentrionalis Fatsia…

…to find her some new subjects:F J Williams, Bishop Michael, campbellii ‘Werrington’, Bishop Peter, Suzannah van Veen, New Zealand form ‘Lanarth’, Hawk, Shirraz, True ‘Lanarth’, campbellii ‘Sidbury’, campbellii ‘Lamellyn Pink’,…

…As a small child I used to go (in a Simca van) with Jim Trudgeon (farm manager) down the Portholland road where we would stop and listen to hear if…

…when we once did van sales. It appeared to have become a bakery and tearooms with a huge yurt. A few tired bedding plants and not much else at all….

…at lunchtime. The temperature was 33-36°C. An untouched can of lemonade exploded in Michael’s van in the heat. We felt similarly pulverised but made a very good start on the…

…the buds has vanished. Many more flowers than I had first thought. Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Syringa vulgaris ‘Primrose’ on the drive…

…were from a ?1930’s Kingston Ward collection rather than Forrest or so my father always told me. Rhododendron falconeri Rhododendron falconeri Rhododendron falconeri Rhododendron falconeri Sadly the Rhododendron sinogrande which…

…this name that I can find? Tom Hudson told me that floribunda var. tonkinensis should now properly be called ‘X’ – sadly I cannot remember what but he may revise…

…Chelsea van Second lorry leaves for Chelsea so time to look for rhododendrons which will be over by the time we all get back from London. Rhododendron aberconwayi – we…

…Carew-Pole and Andrew & Vanessa Leslie. We all enjoyed a garden together for the first time in a year. A three-hour ramble amongst the usual array of new plants.Photinia serrata…

…2017 – CHW A quick visit to The Rockery area before we set off for Wales and hopefully a visit to Bristol on the way for ‘grandpa’ to meet Isla…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW The new labrador, Drummer, vanished on the early morning walk and returned…

…‘stay safe’; the usual covid cries repeated in another context. The highways authority said to Radio Cornwall that even van drivers should not go to work and most buses did…