1st May

…This form an excellent colour. We have another old plant of this species to layer this year below Donkey Shoe. Rhododendron floccigerum Rhododendron ‘Princess Alice’ at its best above the…

13th July

…website? – ‘Alice Handley’ Penstemon ‘Alice Hindley’ A very pretty geum with yellowish new flowers turning orange with yellow flecks. Better than Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ by far. Geum The oxalis…

26th April

…decorum Rhododendron decorum Rhododendron ‘Lady Montagu Group’ (Exbury) is quite nice but not a ‘Mrs Butler’ special. Rhododendron ‘Lady Montagu Group’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Montagu Group’ Rhododendron ‘Lems Cameo’ just coming…

23rd May

…Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’ which droops a bit naturally anyway but has clearly gone beyond the natural stage (little do they know we cut half off already). ‘Lady Alice’ is on…

10th July

…Taiko’ has this startling blue-white bi-coloured red effect but the mopheads soon burn in the sun. Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey Chadbund’ – purplish…

22nd April

…and Azalea ‘Amoena’. Rhododendron ‘Tinner’s Blush’ Camellia ‘Anticipation’ and Rhododendron davidsonianum by the lodge. Camellia ‘Anticipation’ 2021 – CHW A visit to Tregrehan yesterday. Alice Boyd, Richard & Mary Carew-Pole…

28th April

…nursery today:Ribes speciosum Ribes speciosum Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Calothamnus quadrifidus – first flowers ever with us on the ‘one sided bottlebrush’. Calothamnus quadrifidus Our first…

22nd December

…up over the cliff and the proceeds went to Caerhays Church. A home video of the event can be seen here. 2021 – CHW Lizzie’s Mother, Alice Churton, died in…

26th June

…Styrax faberi 2016 – CHW I take Alice on a long garden tour in the car – plenty of questions!The lamb is delicious. Kevin’s venison less so! 2015 – CHWThe…

16th July

…by The Princess Alice in 1847. Quercus suber Quercus suber 2022 – CHW Smilax aspera, the evergreen and slightly prickly climber is another plant which we need more pictures for…