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…

17th July

…is very similar to Hydrangea serrata ‘Kiyosume’ as I have argued before. Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ A much older clump of Hydrangea…

3rd July

…fashionable (lacecap) Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’. Very like the Hydrangea serrata ‘Kiyosumi’ in my old hydrangea reference book in fact! Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ 2016 –…

2nd June

…a lovely addition in the woodland. Its hard for me to construct much comment on your article when the situation is still so much up in the air. Let another…

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…

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….

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’…

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

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…