…facing south. front of Rosevallon Farmhouse Rosa ‘Wedding Day’ growing away happily on the garden wall. Creamy yellow flowers fading to white in large trusses which do not all come…

…four months of lockdown and several cancelled dates at last Serena and Neil’s wedding today. Flower arrangements outside the front door. Crinum powellii and hydrangea. Shasta daisies and Meadowsweet. Flower…

…‘Chinese Garden’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ Amid the sea mist a tent for another wedding on Beach Meadow. wedding on Beach Meadow…

…and Sugar’ Paparer orientale ‘Royal Wedding’, like all of these orientale poppies, is a short lived flop! Why they currently are so popular I cannot understand. A breath of wind…

…elms What a glorious day for a Beach Meadow wedding. Tepees rather than tents seem to be the trend. This is the second lot of tepees in a fortnight. Beach…

…1920’s planted magnolias in this clearing have now all been identified. The wedding magnolias nearly all survive to grace the Cornwall Red Squirrel Project dinner (175 people) in the wedding…

…year of flowering. Malus ‘Jelly King’. Malus ‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Brandy Wine’. Malus ‘Brandy Wine’ Malus brevipes ‘Wedding Bouquet’. Malus brevipes ‘Wedding Bouquet’ Malus ‘Royalty’. Malus ‘Royalty’ Malus ‘Butterball’. Malus…

…on the last day of April: ‘Nuccio’s Jewel’ ‘Nuccio’s Jewel’ ‘Primavera’ ‘Primavera’ ‘Matterhorn’ ‘Matterhorn’ ‘Ruby Wedding’ ‘Ruby Wedding’ ‘Drama Girl’ ‘Drama Girl’ reticulata ‘White Form’ reticulata ‘White Form’ Cercis chinensis…

…for the RHS Rosemoor Early Camellia Competition show on Saturday: Camellia ‘Ruby Wedding’ Camellia ‘Ruby Wedding’ Camellia reticulata – white form Camellia reticulata – white form Nearly open magnolia buds…

…Calothamnus quadrifidus Kalmia polifolia ‘Newfoundland’ Kalmia polifolia ‘Newfoundland’ Trillium luteum which may be over. [ALONGSIDE] The stunning red flowers of Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’. Trillium luteum Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’…