8th July

‘Royal Velvet’ is quite stunning today. Agapanthus ‘Royal Velvet’ Hydrangeas lined up for customers by the sales point. Hydrangeas Agapanthus ‘Windsor Grey’ really is grey! Agapanthus ‘Windsor Grey’ This batch,…

12th July

…virginiana ‘Havener’ Two dead Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ beyond George’s Hut – last years drought again. wo dead Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ A few tail end flowers still on Magnolia x foggii…

29th May

…house we now have two or three survivors from the original six forms. Not the best ones of course. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – yellow form Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – yellow…

16th May

…‘Stellar Pink’ Camellia japonica ‘Kramer’s Beauty’ still with good flower at the sales point. Camellia japonica ‘Kramer’s Beauty’ The Caerhays bred Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – yellow. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Rhododendron…

12th June

…Burns Bank. Rhododendron royalii ‘Yellow Flush Form’ Rhododendron royalii ‘Yellow Flush Form’ Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’, also 2008 planted, has huge flowers albeit still only on its lower branches. This is…

15th July

…‘Caerhays Splendour’ The very late flowering pink form of Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’. Quite a display for mid July! Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ As is the Rhododendron nuttallii below…

29th April

…Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ earning its name. Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Flowers on Salix fargesii – first time I…

12th May

‘Royal Red’ Acer platanoides ‘Royal Red’ Acer heldreichii looks very much like an A. platanoides! Acer heldreichii Acer heldreichii Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’ making a good show. Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’ Azalea…

10th October

…Malus x robusta ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus ‘Royal Raindrops’. Malus ‘Royal Raindrops’ Malus ‘Butterball’. Malus ‘Butterball’ Malus transitoria ‘Gulliver’. Malus transitoria ‘Gulliver’ Malus ‘Gorgeous’. Malus ‘Gorgeous’ Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’. Malus toringo…

19th November

…and former President of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and the Royal Institution of Cornwall, with a view to re-establishing a mineral display in the empty cabinets. This was…