…self-sown. Sweet William Sweet William The first white agapanthus has come out since the weekend. white agapanthus Fuchsia exorticatica still has flowers on it about five months since I first…

…Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. x soulangeana ‘Deep Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine – not bad and now performing better. Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine Magnolia ‘Pichard’s Ruby’ x M.’J.C. Williams’- again…

…Sanpei Tsubaki Camellia sasanqua Sekiyo Camellia sasanqua Setsugekka Camellia sasanqua Showa No Sakae Camellia champetre Sweet Emily Kate Camellia champetre Sweet Jane Camellia classique Tom Pouce Camellia classique Winter Gem…

…nice colour mix. x Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’ x Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’ Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ is proving a strong seller. Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ Heuchera ‘Fire Chief’ is another unusual colour combination….

…‘Gyoiko’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine’ is nice by the Green Gate. Flowers are getting larger with maturity. Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine’ Prunus ichiyo (syn ‘Pink Champagne’) is very good…

…has a couple of flowers despite the pruning and should recover. A small growing variety which flowers very early and copiously. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Camellia x williamsii…

…with just dead branches removed. All under a statutory felling order. sweet chestnuts sweet chestnuts One forgets what a frost pocket Old Park is where the valley is much narrower….

…over the Tennis Court Magnolia ‘Albatross’ at its best in the lower paddock. Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine’ – lower paddock. Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine’ Magnolia…

…Isle of Wight Sweet Pea stand was next to Burncoose. The Isle of Wight Sweet Pea stand The Isle of Wight Sweet Pea stand Quite what this exhibit was supposed…

…Guruma Early Pearly Elfin Rose Frosted Star Hiryu Look Away Marshmallow Narumigata Night Rider Pink Goddess Plantation Pink Sekiyo Setsugekka Spring Fling Survivor Sweet Olive Tada Meibi Versicolor Virginia Robinson…

…at Rescassa. Rescassa Squirrel damage on a young sweet chestnut in Old Park. sweet chestnut 2019 – CHW A strange excitement at 7.20am this morning. As I sit letter writing…

…‘Sweet Sixteen’. Note ripe yet by any means. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Aesculus californica also has a few smallish seed pods as it did last year. For Asia to observe and…

…the hard pruned Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Clematis vitalba flowering on and covering a hedge in the village (Old Man’s Beard). Clematis vitalba Clematis vitalba Clematis vitalba Clematis…

…Much hassle yesterday from the Forestry Commission. A couple of years ago there was a scare about a new disease in sweet chestnuts. The Forestry Commission overflew Caerhays twice and…

…No sweet peas. 1905 – JCW Came from Scotland. Clematis paniculata good and full of promise. Cyclamen, roses, sweet peas, woodwardias are all good. No sign of iris moving. 1903…

…the moss at the base of an elderly sweet chestnut tree. Tree fern seedlings The sweet chestnut is dying of old age and these two sets of fungi are starting…

…CHW Sweet chestnuts covered in fruits but the seeds themselves are small this year and mainly not worth attempting to roast. Sweet chestnuts Camellia taliensis now full out in flower….

…Camellia japonica ‘White Nun’ A secondary flower on Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ A remarkable find. Clusters of acorns forming on the old original Lithocarpus cleistocarpus although there are…

…a sweet chestnut has made a huge mess. sweet chestnut A telegraph pole at Rescassa but the beaters trailer managed to get underneath. telegraph pole A fair mess at Treluckey…

…Candy’ is really very good! About three or four years from planting. Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ First colour showing on Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ which was decimated by The…