…the road has been removed by Bob with the telehandler. We now look forward to the restricted parking and no parking signs which have finally been approved by Cornwall Council…

…now know the ‘blessed’ NHS is not quite so wonderful. Local decisions on lockdown with local political comeback from voters would have been a much better starting point in March…

…usual secondary flowers (plus a huge bumble bee) on Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ 2023 – CHW Back at Burncoose again to hopefully finalise the 5 year Woodland Management…

…from a nearly beech stump I assume? Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ Hydrangea ‘Taube’. Hydrangea ‘Taube’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ was cut down to the ground last summer but still plenty of flower….

…finally move out. most peculiar building most peculiar building These mature trees below the Tower car park, toilets and main sewage pumping station have recently been cut down and, as…

…trip to Busy Bee Garden Centre. All the white poplar trees have gone in the car park and new tarmac being laid throughout. Despite this major expenditure the plant area…

…mainly on the drive now that all the grass here has been cut. Viburnum odoratissimum var. awabuki with a good show of flowers for the first time. This quick growing,…

…Trachycarpus wagnerianus The stems of Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Fire’ looking great in the sun. Cornus sanguinea ‘Winter Fire’ Edgeworthia chrysantha with an early bee in attendance. Edgeworthia chrysantha 2024 –…

…only 2 years after planting. Persea indica (BSWJ 12535) Still not a flower to be seen on Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ by George’s Hut. This has been here for 30 years…

…the sauna that was Butterfly World with its associated garden centre. A quick glance at the size of the brambles in the hedges around the car park should have been…

…Devon to view the £27m project on the River Otter near Budleigh Salterton built by Clinton Devon Estates and the Environmental Agency. The sea had been kept out of the…

…‘Meerlo’ A good display of gerbera at Busy Bee Garden Centre. gerbera Hollyhocks grow so well on the Isle of Wight and so badly in Cornwall. Hollyhocks Hollyhocks Cobea scandens…

…is what has been shifted. here is what has been shifted Cut Manglietia insignis. It’s even better close up. Gorgeous pink. Manglietia insignis Manglietia insignis 2024 – CHW Swelteringly hot…

…centrepiece of a very empty and third rate flower show. A cider competition and a bee area but only about five or six nursery exhibits. LGM apparently £650. At Chelsea…

…and were probably the work of the wartime evacuees here then. Today the carvings have been more or less obscured by the growth of the tree. Huge beech tree Rhododendron…

…Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ x Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ 3. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ has been frosted out and the 5th new hybrid has…

…the best picture of these two. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ and Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’ Rhododendron ‘Ginny Gee’ just coming out in the Rockery. ‘Wee Bee’ nowhere near out yet. Rhododendron…

…Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’ An old Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata is multi-stemmed and has been pollarded back but still…