19th March

…and Isla Rose Plantation at Radio Cornwall.On my return from Truro the snow had nearly all gone. snow had nearly all gone snow had nearly all gone snow had nearly…

6th April

…flowers: Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Cloud’ (‘Majestic’) Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Cloud’ (‘Majestic’) Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’ Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’ Amelanchier ‘La Paloma’ F.C.C. –…

2nd March

…Karol has good pictures of the huge 4 feet high snow drifts below the church and at the Portholland turning. snow drifts snow drifts To cheer us up Jaimie has…

19th April

…‘Fragrant Cloud’ slightly pink in bud opening pinkish white then white. A superb show on a young tree. Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Rhododendron aberconwayi nicely out. Rhododendron aberconwayi…

28th March

…camphora grows nearby whose leaves smell as you would expect when crushed. Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Rhododendron pseudochyrsanthemum is just out below Donkey Shoe. The leaf…

26th June

…Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Magnolia globosa is now full out with rather more flowers than I had expected. Magnolia globosa Magnolia globosa…

9th December

…‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Carpinus kawakamii proving yet again that it is an evergreen species with us. Reddish new growth…

22nd July

…2021 – CHW Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ full out. The first of the eucryphias to perform. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Euonymus tingens (?) above Hovel Cart…

21st September

…a good show. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ often has the odd flower but is now full out. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Seed and…

21st November

…from crosses with Camellia oleifera. Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ Autumn leaf fall towards the Four-in-Hand. The Magnolia x loebneri lasted for only 48 hours with its full yellow…