27th September

…Pinus radiata A large branch or two from another Pinus radiata fell into the drive below the tower. another Pinus radiata another Pinus radiata The seedling Araucaria angustifolia x Araucaria…

17th September

…ordered) as a naturalising mix to be planted on the public route to Old Park below White Styles. Jaimie may need to sort the mini digger (from Burncoose Nurseries) to…

3rd September

…ripe berries. Asia needs to collect them now before the pheasants find them. Cotoneaster wilsonii Cotoneaster wilsonii Cotoneaster thimphuensis just starting to turn yellow and far from ripe yet. Cotoneaster…

9th September

…of our existing low input farming policy and its ability to improve the growing diversity of permanent pastures to enable us to be offered a new Higher Land Countryside Stewardship…

8th September

…combination with the leaves. Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Pseudopanax with seeds. Pseudopanax with seeds Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’ in full flower. Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’ Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie…

28th August

…cellars. Two inches of rain in an hour. rainstorm The overnight winds have yet again blown branches out of Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ And off the Liriodendron tulipifera…

26th August

…habit due to the weight of its huge leaves. Time to prune the nearby laurel. Polyspora speciosa Polyspora speciosa Hoheria sextylosa just coming out on its lower branches but not…

25th August

…3 trees.This keys out to Zelkova carpinifolia which has grown in obscurity for c.35 years below the Main Ride. Interesting bark. Zelkova carpinifolia Zelkova carpinifolia Zelkova carpinifolia Planted only in…

10th November

…show today below Slip Rail. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Seeds and well advanced flower buds on a nearby Pieris. Pieris Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ has not turned red in this very mild…

26th October

…kaki Diospyros kaki Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ below White Styles. Only planted in 2021 but already making an impact. Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ Magnolia ‘Leonora’ is extremely well budded for…

3rd January

…Dance’ Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’. Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’ Camellia japonica ‘Dr Burnside’ just out – later than usual and well out…

1st December

…Camellia saluenensis that is low down enough to photograph. Camellia saluenensis Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ looking superb today by the garden entrance. Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ above the Green…

22nd January

…williamsii ‘Mimosa Jury’ 2023 – CHW First daffodils out in Kennel Close. First daffodils First daffodils More laurel hedge cut back below the Main Ride. laurel hedge First flowers on…

6th March 1897 – 2020

…24 species was photographed and a few named clones or hybrids. The collection has 40+ species out of the 47 which exist worldwide. Some of the mountain top low growing…

28th February 1897 – 2020

…trees below Burns Bank Flowering yew trees below Burns Bank Flowering yew trees below Burns Bank The two new holiday lets at Tregaire Barton are a month away from completion….

24th February 1897 – 2020

…before and pictures needed for the website. A delicate yellow. Grevillea juniperina sulphurea Grevillea juniperina sulphurea Strangely we seem to be missing website pictures for Rosemarinus officinalis ‘Severn Sea’. Odd…

5th February 1897 – 2020

…lutchuensis. [It is Camellia ‘Paradise Glow’] Camellia ‘Paradise Glow’ Camellia ‘Paradise Glow’ Camellia ‘Paradise Glow’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ also just out with some wind damage. Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Camellia ‘Adolphe…

1st January 1897 – 2020

…tall. Quercus laurifolia Quercus laurifolia Deer have eaten a couple of lower buds on Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’. Could be a squirrel I suppose but quite low down and higher buds…

3rd March

…Camellia ‘Rubescens Major’ Camellia ‘Rubescens Major’ Raphiolepsis indica ‘Springtime’ Raphiolepsis indica ‘Springtime’ Ribes laevifolium ‘Amy Doncaster’ – a creeping, low growing shrub. Ribes laevifolium ‘Amy Doncaster’ Ribes laevifolium – which…

12th January

…P. matudae (female). A late and low down seed cluster on Lithocarpus pachyphyllus. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus The squirrels know that only the very largest seeds on the cluster are fertile and…