…hedge is also just out high up. Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ is now near the end of its life at 12ft or more. We have just…

…a clump of Aesculus parviflora. Aesculus parviflora Dad’s Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ nearly full out. Rhododendron’Red Centurion’ The record Cornish plant of Laurus azorica has an attractive flower for a bay…

…a wall. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Nivalis’ The dwarf growing bay tree with narrow leaves (Laurus nobilis f. angustifolia) originated from Tregrehan cuttings. It is now doing well as a low hedge…

…insignis. A new bonfire A row of leylandii blown over in Kennel Close shelter belt which have fallen on the inner double row of bay trees. A row of leylandii…

…growth. Merrilliopanax alpinus (BSWJ 13939) Picconia excelsa flowering for the first time here. Rather bay-laurel like? Its related to Olea and comes from the Canary Isles. If it survives it…

…Carbis Bay. Helicopters that only a US president could bring in the sky and along the coastline. Not much sightseeing in Cornwall with Carrie Johnson as host. They went to…

…Something to sort out on return. 2018 – CHW Off to the ever improving Eddington nursery just on from Seaview and near the Priory Bay Hotel. A huge range of…

…the pittosporum and bay trees which block out the view of the neighbours from upstairs.A new extension since last year over the garden wall built (of course) by Will Caws….

…were sold into slavery. In 1625 a raiding party landed at Mount’s Bay in Cornwall and 60 people who had taken refuge in a local church were dragged out, loaded…

…species and hybrids planted out today from Millais were as follows: – Rhododendron Veryan Bay – Rhododendron Loderi Helen – Rhododendron Loderi Pink Coral – Rhododendron Loderi Sir Edmund –…

…of cliff falls (as we have had before with cattle) and I doubt that ponies on their own can really keep the bracken and scrub at bay without additional topping…

…bodnantense ‘Dawn’ outside the nursery cash point. A harbinger of winter. Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ The groundworks for the new loading bay and larger covered area outside the main packing are…

…the bay. The sea The sea The sea Two happy swans and a cormorant! swans 2015 – CHW A quick flip around the garden looking for colour in mid November.Aesculus…

…the Four in Hand have been out for a few weeks already. Erica arborea Erica arborea Nearby the men have downed another row of leylandii and bay trees below the…

…on a site like this before actually planting anything. You have to think of ultimate height, colour matches, gaps for viewing the bay, speed of development, complementary species and any…

…clump of Euphorbia ‘Fireglow’ by the house. Euphorbia ‘Fireglow’ As much flower as you could possibly get on the usually rather dull culinary bay tree (Laurus nobilis). Laurus nobilis Laurus…