13th August

…‘Joseph Banks’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea ‘Zorro’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’. Hydrangea ‘Zorro’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ Hydrangea ‘Zorro’ and…

23rd October

…‘White Lace’. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Young Acer campestre showing autumnal yellow. Acer campestre Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ turning to reddish purple. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ First yellowing on Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’….

24th September

…small plant in a pot Corylus fargesii has one huge cluster of long cobnuts. Corylus fargesii 2021 – CHW Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ has now turned a delicate pink in…

28th July

…attractive. cuphea species cuphea species Swathes of lavender in the herb garden were superb. Swathes of lavender Psoralea affinis was entirely spiny heather-like foliage and blue-white pea flowers. Growing here…

20th June

…guizhou Limonium latifolium – nowhere near as impressive in flower as Limonium perezii. Limonium latifolium Lupin ‘Lavender Spires’ with rather a dwarf habit and strange bicolour flowers. Lupin ‘Lavender Spires’…

17th May

…late in the season. Camellia ‘Optima’ Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ just out on the Main Ride. Normally over by Chelsea so perhaps a little late this year. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ A…

11th May

…Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’ Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Jersey Belle’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Jersey Belle’ Another Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ still in new growth in full shade. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ Fagus sylvatica…

3rd May

…things coming into leaf. Here a Magnolia wilsonii. Magnolia wilsonii Magnolia wilsonii Flowers and new growth now on Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ Flowers out on Rhododendron vaseyi which…

2nd May

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW A heatwave is upon us – hopefully briefly. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ on…

29th April

…look at Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ flowering with Rhododendron ‘Perry Wiseman’ – a good combination and better than an Egyptian goose with a green parakeet? Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ 2018 – CHW…

24th April

…climber tunnel in the nursery is as neat and tidy as I have ever seen it with superb growing plants. climber tunnel climber tunnel And the lavender/agapanthus tunnel is spot…

16th April

…‘Sunray’ A plant of Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ with its gorgeous new growth but, as yet, no flowers out. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ I had forgotten that we have a new species…

1st January

…to try to register this year with the International Camellia Society. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Pickthorn’ Lead drop on Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ which is both normal and attractive today. Unusual…

13th July

…Beauty’ Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Hibiscus ‘Lavender Chiffon’ – a good semi double Hibiscus ‘Lavender Chiffon’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ with fruits just turning colour Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Photinia…

18th August

…‘Magical Beauty’ Allium ‘Millennium Lavender Bubbles’ Allium ‘Millennium Lavender Bubbles’ Geranium ‘Hocus Pocus’ with near black leaves. Geranium ‘Hocus Pocus’ 2020 – CHW Sloes forming up nicely but only just…

15th December

…on Styrax japonicus ‘Pendula’ with no decent show this year. Styrax japonicus ‘Pendula’ Leaf shedding on Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ is quite pretty today. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ A couple of errant…

26th June

…not seen it in flower before. Leycesteria ‘Little Lanterns’ Leycesteria ‘Little Lanterns’ Verbascum ‘Lavender Lass’ with a pleasant mixture of flower colours. Verbascum ‘Lavender Lass’ Hydrangea ‘French Cancan’ – unusual…

29th August

…is really a smaller version of Salix fargesii but the stems and buds are attractive. Growing in a damp place it has settled in well. Salix moupinensis Salix moupinensis Salix…

Tregrehan Gardens Visit – 15th March 2019

…berries Nothofagus dombeyi trunk Camellia ‘Black Lace’ Dacrycarpus dacrydioides trunk. These are growing as a clump of five trees. Rhododendron frangipanensis in full flower. New species to me. Arbutus canariensis…

19th June

…these young plants have. They have grown well in a windy place with salt sprays proving perhaps that this is a hardier (very rare) plant than we had thought. Crabiodendron…