15th July

…Burncoose tree was five to six years ago in late October after a late warm summer.By coincidence Michael sent me pictures of E. japonica fruiting in his garden at Caerhays…

11th April

…Several later season magnolias still looking good in Kennel Close. Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ is now opening its flowers quickly. 4 in all – first flowering and interesting. Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’…

28th July

…in Brownberry Wood are nearly 2,000 after the weekend’s torrential rain. Replacements impossible as now too late. Good job we did the four extra late hatch offs but we had…

13th July

…the hairs on the leaf petioles would suggest that it too is a Rhododendron auriculatum hybrid. Well worth propagating and preserving. late flowering red rhododendron late flowering red rhododendron late

6th June

…the trumpets. These dwarfish plants may have once been indoor Christmas azaleas which surprisingly survived. Late flowering evergreen azalea Late flowering evergreen azalea Late flowering evergreen azalea This is our…

20th June

…occasionally one part of the starshaped flowers is pink. Camellia ‘Kitty’ on Burns Bank is still laden with flower in late June. Exceptional and flowers pink and fading to white….

5th May

…it in late December and here it is in flower again already. fuchsia First flowers out on Paeonia delavayi. Paeonia delavayi Syringa microphylla ‘Superba’ by the front door. Syringa microphylla…

3rd May

…week. This is a cross between Rhododendron ‘Tally Ho’ (dark red and very late season flowering) with Rhododendron auklandii (now Rhododendron griffithianum which is white and out now). A rather…

2nd June

…over 45 days filming. As he said, little time for his other businesses. 2020 – CHW A trip to look at the very late flowering deciduous azaleas by the Trevanion…

1st April

…should be based on Kenneth Asburner’s book. The research has taken some time! I have renamed in accordance with the latest reclassification. The planting plan lists B. szechuanica ‘Rubra White’…