13th February

…‘Garden House Ghost’ Daphne bholua ‘Limpsfield’ Daphne bholua ‘Limpsfield’ Daphne bholua ‘Limpsfield’ Daphne bholua ‘Gurka’ Daphne bholua ‘Gurka’ Daphne bholua ‘Gurka’ Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne…

18th April

…Magnolia ‘Purple Planets’ Malus ‘Obelisk’ – grows as its name implies. Malus ‘Obelisk’ Prunus ‘Spring Show’ growing away nicely. Prunus ‘Spring Show’ Prunus ‘Spring Show’ Malus ‘Harry Baker’ – pleasant…

8th April

…Camellia ‘Spring Mist’ Camellia ‘Spring Mist’ Prunus maakii ‘Amber Beauty’ – glorious in full flower. Ours has not yet. Prunus maakii ‘Amber Beauty’ Prunus maakii ‘Amber Beauty’ Darmera peltata in…

14th April

…when finally opened out too. Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ less so now fully out. Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ now has promise and quite a…

1st February

…‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’ Mahonia japonica nearly over in full shade by the greenhouse frames. Mahonia japonica The snowdrops moved from The Vean are half full…

12th March

…Show RHS Spring Flower Show RHS Spring Flower Show RHS Spring Flower Show RHS Spring Flower Show RHS Spring Flower Show RHS Spring Flower Show RHS Spring Flower Show RHS…

13th May

…1980 and 1991. The former now relieved of the laurel hedge is flourishing. Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Rhododendron concinnum – great purple…

2nd May

…palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Corylopsis spicata ‘Golden Spring’ living up to its name. Corylopsis spicata ‘Golden Spring’ Corylopsis spicata ‘Golden Spring’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ was a gift from a Swiss…

16th February

…and April 2023. By RHS standards a swift response! The moment the Cornish magnolias flower, spring has arrived in England. Spring has arrived in Cornwall, today 16 February 2024. The…

11th March

…dainty Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ is a great show below Burns Bank. Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Masses to see and admire on a rather unmotherly Sunday. Lizzie has had…