…slowly comes out. A long lasting flower by magnolia standards. Magnolia ‘Pickards Garnet’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Garnet’ First flowers on the drive plant of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’. This is flowering very…

…Cup’ Then the first of the 23 Amelanchier in the new collection planted above the kennels are just into flower. Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Flakes’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Flakes’ Amelanchier laevis…

…above Magnolia ‘Pickards Sundew’ which we have several of. Magnolia ‘Pickards Stardust’ Magnolia ‘Pickards Stardust’ What I think and hope is Acer mandshuricum has been in full leaf for two…

…for the Queen – Photo Courtesy of Sally. Queen’s Visit – Photo Courtesy of Sally. Then we get to the royal visit. The RHS say they will bring the Queen…

…plant. Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ 2019 – CHW The RHS have just given AGMs to 17 or 19 new varieties of Agapanthus. Here are a few…

…first hints of pink in the flowerheads. Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ The variegated leaved Luma apiculata ‘Glanleam Gold’ with bits of reversion to green here and…

…that it is totally unsafe in the garden this afternoon. Grim! 9am and a smattering of powdery snow through the nursery. snow Even the euonymus in the tunnels are showing…

…that this is not just Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ but ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ or ‘Michael’ (after Charlie Michael the head gardener here until 1956). ‘Michael’, they say, is a larger /…

…but the frost may well get them. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ 2021 – CHW The electrics are finally attached to the new incinerator at the farm which has…

…decent day it seems for weeks.Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ has shed in the wind but still plenty of flower left on the bush. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Likewise under Camellia reticulata ‘Mary…