…twig tips. Now, however, one has to say that it has recovered into rude health. Magnolia dawsoniana Flower tassels well formed on Garrya elliptic ‘James Roof’. Garrya elliptic ‘James Roof’…

…several young trees or the record tree at Tregullow gardens. I should ask James Williams. Saxegothaea conspicua Saxegothaea conspicua Malus yunnanensis var. veitchii with one crab-apple only left to see….

…out. Nothing doing only 5 days ago. Camellia x williamsii ‘J.C. Williams’ Lagerstroemia limii, a gift from James Garnett in Nantes, showing very fine autumn colour. Lagerstroemia limii Lagerstroemia limii…

…Xanthoxylum simulans’ berries are now mature. James Garnett told me these make cheap pepper which sells in France for €130 per kilo. A few quid here then! Xanthoxylum simulans 2015…

…Pink’ and many buds now showing colour. Camellia xwilliamsii ‘November Pink’ The tour party (James Cooper, Max and Anna Kendry) admire the view. The tour party 2023 – CHW Another…

…James Garnett at Nantes botanical garden. Lagerstroemia limii Lagerstroemia limii Lagerstroemia limii Seedpods forming on Euonymus morrisonensis. Euonymus morrisonensis Euonymus morrisonensis Seed clusters have formed on the Lithocarpus hancei but…

…about out. Magnolia campbellii seedling A bit of prerecording for next week’s ‘spring has sprung’ announcement outside the back yard with James from Heligan and Onshore Media. A very cold…

…water meadows. flooded water meadows More pictures of the completed and staked malus planting. completed and staked malus planting completed and staked malus planting James Norton sends me a picture…

…The son, James, has returned home to sort the garden and is getting stuck in with major storm and new clearance work after many years of neglect and no new…

…to ours at least in juvenility. Our plant has had a few yellow flowers in recent years.A few days later James Garnett from SEVE Nantes, France, got in touch about…

…spring. 2019 – CHW To Tregullow to look at large new planting areas with James Williams and then on to the nursery to select the wish list to fill some…

…down so one cannot reinvigorate them this way. This plant has always proved impossible from cuttings but James Williams’ gardener at Tregullow has managed it. A young plant now thrives…

…but not yet mature. Castanopsis cuspidata Sassafras tzumu has very distinct leaves and was well known to James in France. Sassafras tzumu Sassafras tzumu Clethra pringleyi is another (the second)…

…lower branches opening before those higher up. Rehderodendron indochinense (BSWJ 12115) 2023 – CHW The Cornwall Air Ambulance lunch here for 25 people (& garden tour) sponsored by St James’s…

…to control its own coastal waters. It was in commemoration of this that in 1740, James THOMPSON wrote ‘Rule Britannia’. It is a hymn of thanksgiving rather than a proclamation…

…Rhododendron nuttallii has few flowers after last year’s drought. Rhododendron nuttallii We agree with James MacEwan that these 3 young oaks above the greenhouse are indeed Lithocarpus hancei. Lithocarpus hancei…

…a rather more impressive display of yellow flowers. Euonymus wilsonii Euonymus wilsonii Here are the two plants given to us by James Garnett and the botanic garden in Nantes: Lagerstroemia…

…good form. Picea breweriana Picea breweriana Rhododendron ‘Rubicon’ nearly over. James Williams gave us a plant rooted by their head gardener. A cross between Rhododendron ‘Kilimanjaro Group’ and Rhododendron ‘Noyo…

…floridus ‘Athens’ also has some minor dieback but is flowering quite nicely. Green first then yellowish. I saw this first years ago on James Harris’ stand at Chelsea but it…

…‘White Caviar’ A young Meliosma alba (beaniana) finally getting going. Meliosma alba (beaniana) Syringa wilsonii really very good. Syringa wilsonii Syringa wilsonii Lagerstroemia limii from James Garnett at the Botanic…