5th February

…grown this before from UK sourced seed but the colour here is more distinct. Camellia chekiangoleosa Camellia yushiensis in flower in the greenhouse. Tregrehan cuttings taken in 2018. Camellia yushiensis…

3rd July

…actual American source is not identified. There are no records of these being planted at Caerhays within the files that you have shared with me. I believe that Caroline Bell…

25th November

…don’t have Robin’s email for quickly checking his source with him.) But Saumarez Park isn’t quite in England anyway! Hoping to find out more about this nursery in this regard…

20th February

…come – Glendoick List & Rezo List. several lots, not sure about this one Also attached are the lists of new plants sourced for planting out this year from all…

25th July

…brand new cordylines. Seemed to be UK grown rather than overseas sourced and a fair price (£30.00) for a 7.5 litre pot-full of this quality. Cordyline australis ‘Pink Passion’ with…

16th January

…Hydrangea serratifolia This was a much newer Hydrangea serratifolia from another source which did have serrated leaves. Pheasants or rabbits have left us only two now although there were several…

28th February

…the weekend. Not a ‘joke’ for the public so quickly locked in the summerhouse. No doubt we will find the source of this joke in due course and retaliate in…

5th April

…new collection of wild sourced Chinese rhododendron species. So we are still expanding and now have a national collection of podocarpus as well as growing important collections of enkianthus (my…

28th June

…the (French sourced) plants were poor. An attractive form in the right hot/dry island situation. Olearia ‘Moondance’ A display of mixed tender/annual gazanias caught the eye. gazanias Scaevola ‘Topaz Pink’…

23rd August

…with its first flowers. I can find no reference to this species in the pocket guide to rhodo species. This, I suspect, came from the Lamellyn wild sourced plants which…