…sargentiana var. robusta seedling 2024 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…

…pink at the base of the tepals. Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Another from…

…‘Pink ?’ Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ has a few buds very close to opening. Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ Polyspora longicarpa, which had struggled to get established, is now flourishing with plenty of…

…of swallows Preparing the multiple Michelia species and hybrids exhibit for the Cornwall Garden Society Spring Show at Wadebridge this weekend has alerted me to two possible misnaming’s here and…

…spring bronzy leaves. This early leaf bronzing is seldom seen in small young plants in pots. Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ 1947 – CW Returned from Scotland. Very dry…

…four hours in the garden. Campbell Clarke and his friends 2018 – CHW Off to Llanover Garden in Monmouthshire to give a ‘bursting into spring’ lecture to 42 ladies before…

…we are still paying our suppliers as we would have hoped to do in a normal spring.Pachyphragma macrophylla – long leaf wax flower. Pachyphragma macrophylla Eriostemon myoporoides Eriostemon myoporoides Eriostemon…

…‘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 enough…

…Spring’ a bit frosted but plenty of buds to come. A Tregrehan hybrid of great merit. Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Camellia ‘Spring Mist’ with flowers…

…Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ First flowering of Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ from Germany. Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ First flowering of Magnolia ‘Diana’ from Germany. Magnolia ‘Diana’ 2022…

…as usual, Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’. Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ from Lunaplant. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ from Lunaplant. Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ Magnolia ‘Diana’ from…

…Irving, several Caerhays show colour and open. No new scarlet Incomps above ground except Torch, a good few coums out, many double Ido, one White Hoop, Rhodo praecox well open….

…sasanqua ‘Sweet Jane’ – likewise. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sweet Jane’ Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ – ditto. Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ Camellia ‘Spring Mist’ Camellia ‘Spring Mist’ Prunus maakii ‘Amber Beauty’ – glorious in…

…our ancient leafless Magnolia nitida is now well on the way to a full recovery after its total defoliation this spring after the drought years. A wet summer has saved…

…‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ 2022 – CHW Buddleja speciosissima was planted out last spring. Interesting new growth today. Buddleja speciosissima Buddleia heliophila with its first flowers which are…

…Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ with its early flowers hidden inside the bush. Earlier than usual. Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ 2022 – CHW The 1897 planted Magnolia stellata has once…

…‘Spring 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…

…on Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’. Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ A major surprise to find a dozen or so flowers out in October high up on an original Camellia x williamsii…

…Alba’ x Magnolia x veitchii). Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ is however exceptional as we saw last year. Even better here as a red. Look at…

…lovely. Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Perfume Princess’ Daphne bholua ‘Perfume Princess’ Daphne…