3rd October

…More information awaited. fungus Gaultheria mucronata ‘Bell’s Seedling’ looking plump and attractive in the nursery. Gaultheria mucronata ‘Bell’s Seedling’ Cyclamen coum with very varied leaf forms. Cyclamen coum Cyclamen hederifolium…

20th May

…verticilatus (BSWJ 11797) is shaping up into a large multi stemmed shrub. Pentapanax verticilatus Pentapanax verticilatus 2020 – CHW So the Cornwall tourist board (and our very own Malcolm Bell)…

7th May

…quite right. The true E. cernuus has anthers and stamens which protrude below the bottom of the bell flower. The only species to do this and as photographed yesterday. Enkianthus…

31st March

…Looks wonderful today in the sun. Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ This is labelled Halesia parviflora which is a synonym for (the correct) Halesia carolina. Its…

26th March 1897 – 2020

…show colour except G Bell, have picked a C J Backhouse. 1900 – JCW Have put under glass to open Emperor, Empress, Horsfieldii, Victoria, G Bell as all showing colour….

19th July

…in February. new side roof on the side of the Blacksmith’s Shop Erigeron ‘See Breeze’ on Monica’s garden wall. Erigeron ‘See Breeze’ Alison’s potted display at the Top Lodge as…

14th May

…looked. flowers for St Just in Roseland Church’s Coronation Celebrations flowers for St Just in Roseland Church’s Coronation Celebrations With single purple-red flowers this lilac in Monica Trudgeon’s garden is,…

13th May

…back I stopped to photograph what I think is a good Pinus mugo ‘Ophir’ growing in Carnon Downs. Pinus mugo ‘Ophir’ At Monica Trudgeon’s garden in Caerhays Village a well…

15th March

…you can see Magnolia ‘Lanarth Surprise’ from the back yard. What a good colour it is. Magnolia ‘Lanarth Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ also from the back yard. Nearly at its…

24th February

Next Day > < Previous Day View 24th February 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Sad news – Monica Trudgeon died…

25th June

…says it should have a blacker stem? Agapanthus ‘Graphite White’ Agapanthus ‘Graphite White’ Hydrangea arborescens ‘Magical Tinkerbell’. An odd name for a rather indifferent flower! Hydrangea arborescens ‘Magical Tinkerbell’ Hydrangea…

16th January 1897- 2020

…1898 is ahead of 1935. 1898 – JCW M de Graaf breaks through, also Princep Mary, Sirius, Golden Bell etc, one seedling of Maximus shows colour and one or two…

31st October

…dependens Caroline Bell thinks our Camellia sasanqua (No. 5 through the arch) may be the same as a C. sasanqua which won a first-class certificate at an RHS show on…

1st November

…flower is open but ‘Plantation Pink’ has an upright habit as we know. The immature flowers are nothing like ‘Plantation Pink’. I need to send these pictures to Caroline Bell….

15th August

…progressively burnt off by the sun – the other half of the plant already dead. Magnolia sieboldii 2021 – CHW Bell heather (Erica cinerea) on Wolsingham Moor which was already…

24th December

…news that Cornwall is now in Tier 2 so all shooting lunches now have to be outside. Malcolm Bell, the head of Cornwall tourist board, believes we should all be…

23rd March 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ just starting. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ The Magnolia veitchiis stand out behind the castle. Magnolia veitchiis Campbell Clarke and his friends after…

14th February 1897 – 2020

…idea of its name but large trusses with red edging to each bell. Can anyone enlighten me please? Well worth a name and propagating as it flowers so early. On…

16th February 1897 – 2020

…in size and colour. Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ just coming out and what a colour. Words fail me to…

6th August

…the 15 or so new species of cotoneaster bought from Mark Bulk in the spring. However only one had any. This was Cotoneaster wilsonii which had odd bell shaped fruits…