25th June

…Bond Street and below the old rubbish dump. Cornus kousa ‘Miss Petty’ Cornus kousa ‘Miss Petty’ Azalea ‘Jane Fire’ is very late indeed and very red by the two cornus…

5th June

…produce berries here last year. Cotoneaster glomerulatus Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ with plenty of bud to come. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ Magnolia globosa just opening. Magnolia globosa 2022 – CHWAzalea ‘Jane Fire’…

16th March

…winds. Magnolia x proctoriana Magnolia x proctoriana I was rude about this Magnolia stellata ‘Jane Platt’ a few days ago. All is forgiven as the majority of the buds are…

11th March

Jane’ a new Camellia transnokoensis hybrid so probably very tender. Better just opening than full out as you can see. Camellia ‘Sweet Jane’ 2016 – CHW Berries linger in profusion…

19th April

…Kitchen Garden. Malus ‘Evereste’ Our largest Magnolia stellata ‘Jane Platt’ (syn. ‘Rosea’) near Rogers Quarry. Magnolia stellata ‘Jane Platt’ Even the youngest Embothriums are flowering a month early. Embothriums Looking…

13th April

…on the drive by the fernery. True to name too. Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ Magnolia stellata ‘Jane Platt’ now full out on Hovel Cart Road. I have seen pinker forms…

12th May

…Camellia champetre Sweet Jane Camellia classique Tom Pouce Camellia classique Winter Gem 2015 – CHW First lorry goes to Chelsea with the fountain and the moongate sculpture. Little time for…

6th March

…cuttings cuttings cuttings cuttings A very fine magnolia ‘Lanarth’ on Bryan and Sally-Jane Coode’s garden near Grampound. magnolia ‘Lanarth’ A further look at our younger newer magnolias. Magnolia ’April Melody’…

29th November

…fine plant another fine plant another fine plant I remember another excellent (almost) small tree at Jane Scott’s house. We have C. frigidus ‘Inchmery’ here, originally from Windsor, but I…

5th April

…Rhododendron ciliatum. Rhododendron impeditum ‘JC Williams’ Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’ (‘Jane Platt’) at various stages of bud and flower. The pink quickly fades but is left in stripes on the tepals….