13th April

…this year. Very floriferous from a young age. Magnolia ‘Maxine Merrill’ Magnolia ‘Maxine Merrill’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ – not exactly spring! Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Prunus ‘Hokusai’ –…

22nd March

…Tulip’ x ‘Serene’ is not bad but windblown. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Serene’ The new growth on Tilia endochrysa is, yet again, breathtaking. Tilia endochrysa Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring

8th October

…really that much to write home about. Perhaps the new growth will be better next spring? Phormium tenax ‘Lemon Spritzer’ Phormium tenax ‘Lemon Spritzer’ Astelia nervosa ‘Red Shadow’ is stunning….

19th February

…Festival’ Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ ‘Spring Festival’ Opposite them is an ancient clump of Leujocum aestivum already in flower. The ‘summer snowflake’ and a form of snowdrop normally out in April…

10th February

…Today saw the official arrival of spring in Cornwall. Read more details here about how Magnolias were delivered to 10 Downing Street. ‘Spring comes to Cornwall’ (or England) as the…

14th April

…fully out. Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ now has promise and quite a hint of yellow in the small and oddly shaped buds. This one is…

27th March

…Magnolia nitida Magnolia nitida Magnolia ‘Angelica’ – second flowering. Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ – third year of flowering…

11th December

…more of his hated leylandii in Kennel Close. leylandii leylandii A secondary flowering on Drimys winteri or is it an early spring showing? Drimys winteri Drimys winteri 2018 – CHW…

2nd March

…and not that many of them. Camellia ‘Kick Off’ Camellia ‘Spring Formal’ is a Nuccio introduction from 1986 which seems, with us, to be a sparse flowerer. Camellia ‘Spring Formal’…

13th June

…Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ A decent sized Magnolia wilsonii has failed to leaf up and died. I fear caught by the cold in February with the sap rising…