27th January

…come. A Tregrehan hybrid of great merit. Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Camellia ‘Spring Mist’ with flowers coming. Camellia ‘Spring Mist’ The first flowers on the…

1st April

…first time so spring is in his step! Lizzie with ‘the pack’ Mia and Alfie still ‘standing’ after their first two hour garden tour! Mia and Alfie still Several video…

29th March

…catalogue this year. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Eternal Spring’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Eternal Spring’ Good plants for sale of Machilus yunnanensis. A rare and unusual evergreen tree. Machilus yunnanensis Machilus yunnanensis Some nice…

27th March

…red new growth showing already. Magnolia nitida Magnolia nitida Magnolia ‘Angelica’ – second flowering. Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia ‘Angelica’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’…

12th September

…the data available at the time, Congress was informed that the estimated mortality rate for the coronavirus was ten-times higher than for seasonal influenza, which helped launch a campaign of…

Magnolias and Climate Change at Caerhays

spring; the snowdrops. Again the diary can readily demonstrate that they appeared exactly on time at Caerhays on around 10th January. They have often been earlier and are now, as…

22nd April

…behind it. Eriobotrya deflexa Rhododendron zaleucum has very few flowers after its haircut last year. Rhododendron zaleucum Probably the last time we will ever see the original clump of Rhododendron…

10th July

…Yacht Club workshop and growing from the edge of the pavement is a large clump of yellow hollyhocks – Alcea rosea ‘Indian Spring’ (or similar). Alcea rosea ‘Indian Spring’ Alcea…

8th April

…Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ likewise. A much darker and better pink than the one seen yesterday in the Savill Garden. Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry…

4th March

…view of the pagoda over the tea plantation. pagoda Abies delavayi. Abies delavayi Picea morrisonicola is Taiwanese. Covered in cones here. Picea morrisonicola The first time I have met Camellia…