12th May

…ever see a flower. These are for an order and not for Chelsea. Dianthus ‘Mrs Sinkins’ Dianthus ‘Mrs Sinkins’ Tiarella ‘Appalachian Trail’ will be spot on for the stand as…

13th March

…perfect also today. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butter’ below Tin Garden. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butter’ Camellia reticulata ‘Dr Clifford Parks’ just out. Camellia reticulata ‘Dr Clifford Parks’ Camellia reticulata ‘Dr…

3rd July

…the Daily Telegraph (4 May( about Charles Williams and Caerhays has coincided with my revisiting our family history, and I have recently found two photos of Tommy Michael, who I…

4th May

…making a small tree. Aextoxicon punctatum Aextoxicon punctatum Rhododendron ‘Mrs Furnivall’ according to the plan. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Furnivall’ Rhododendron ‘Mrs Furnivall’ This Michelia doltsopa is now leafless but the new…

3rd March

…down so that you cannot really see the flowers properly. Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ The unnamed Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ hybrid…

13th May

…key woodland gardens – especially Windsor. Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ The last survivors of the big clump of Rhododendron ‘Mrs Lionel de Rothschild’ which was destroyed…

28th April

…we dream it up but something for the rhodo members to enjoy anyway. Planted here in 2005. Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ This all…

23rd May

…clutched a plant of Streptocarpus ‘Harlequin Queen’ which was Plant of the Year in 2010 and announced it as ‘Plant of the Decade’ winner. Mrs Dibley, from Dibleys Nurseries, who…

17th March

…of the garden landscape and will wow visitors for decades to come. And one of Charles Michaels’ from 1958 – Magnolia sargentiana var robusta x sprengeri ‘Diva’ above the Auklandii…

23rd February

…fully out. Rhododendron leucaspis Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ now fully out despite some wind browning. Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ The New Zealand Magnolia…