7th July

…cliffs at Alum Bay. Alum Bay, Isle of Wight 2003 – FJW (Handwritten note attached to Garden Book page) Quercus turneri, above Auklandii Garden: a challenged wisdom tells us that…

10th February

…ready for potting. Our liner order A new bay in construction for our green waste compost. A new bay in construction A new rainwater collecting tank on the side of…

27th October

…nursery. Euonymus moupinensis Asia has rooted cuttings of Tom’s peculiar narrow leafed bay tree which grows beside Tregrehan House. bay tree Trays and trays of rooted scented rhododendrons. rooted scented…

9th December

…Camellia oleifera The Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ hedge is also just out high up. Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ is now near the end of its…

3rd May

…clumps have been cut back at least twice. Rhododendron ovatum I had forgotten that we do have more plants of Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ on Burns Bank. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Wisteria…

17th May

…flowering properly. Rehderodendron kweichowense Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ outside the back yard nearly over before Chelsea. Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron zaleucum still flowering a little after its…

22nd April

…‘Veryan Bay’ in flower. Jaimie cut down half of it last autumn and what is left is leggy and sick. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ New leaves appearing on Carpinus turczaninowii var….

29th March

…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 laurel. Laurus…

13th November

…of 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…

10th June

…of the G7 leaders conference in Carbis Bay. Helicopters that only a US president could bring in the sky and along the coastline. Not much sightseeing in Cornwall with Carrie…