11th January

…out the wind and under draft. Good thinking! Cut back one Camellia ‘Debbie’ First flower (frosted) at the very top of Camellia ‘Anticipation Variegated’. Camellia ‘Anticipation Variegated’ Still a good…

23rd February

…removed all the buds thinking they were dead. Droopy habit. Camellia chekiangoleosa Camellia chekiangoleosa Polyspora longicarpa (formerly gordonia) – gordonias are now limited to American species and polyspora are the…

28th July

…old original plant A new clump of Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ You could be forgiven for thinking there are now too many newish forms of H….

29th July

…at Caerhays. I have puzzled over this plant for several years thinking it might be a clerodendron species but suddenly now it has a proper label. Reddish new growth, oddly…

3rd August

…but, in the early mornings, the telephone wires are already full of martins and swallows thinking about migration or perhaps just more bad weather as the harvest is scheduled to…

19th September

…accordingly in the future. Others are clearly thinking on similar lines. 2020 – CHW Late yesterday evening I found Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ doing its secondary stuff in the Rockery. Rhododendron…

22nd June

…florida ‘Taiga’ really is an outstanding show. Clematis florida ‘Taiga’ Clematis florida ‘Taiga’ Delphinium ‘Wishful Thinking’ will be a pleasant bicoloured addition to next year’s catalogue. Carpinus tuczaninowii will be…

30th May

…and a start to thinking about our 2016 catalogue. Karol (grumpy) and I photographed 26 plants yesterday as new entries to the 2016 catalogue but that is only the start…

21st June

…new clearing at the very top of the Giddle Orchard ready for replanting in the autumn. I will enjoy thinking about what would grow well there over the summer. Perhaps…

22nd April

…with his swing shovel which is excellent. Good thinking by Jaimie as Frankie moves down the valley to start clearing dykes. bottom track Attractive early new growth on the three…