…2024 – CHW Apparently the weather is finally going to improve.Prunus mahaleb is not a particularly interesting species but the pigeons have been enjoying the opening buds for the last…

…over after only a week. Prunus ‘Jo-Nioi’ A young Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ with flowers. Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ A similar young plant of Magnolia ‘Green Bee’. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Exochorda tianschanica….

…tremendous show in a week. Paulownia kawakamii Still berries on Cotoneaster glabratus in May even as the new growth emerges! Cotoneaster glabratus Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ nearly out but flowering only…

…flowers are 20ft up. Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ Echium pininana and Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ – both full out. Echium pininana Rhododendron ‘Patty Bee’ in the Rockery. Rhododendron ‘Patty Bee’ Vaccinum urceolatum in…

…the flowers can be on a sycamore. sycamore sycamore sycamore sycamore Piles of beech tree flowers on the drive blown off in the current East wind. Piles of beech tree…

…Litsea japonica Litsea japonica Ribes longiracemosa with its first extended flowers in the Isla Rose Plantation. Ribes longiracemosa Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ is another good one. Nearly as good as ‘Lois’…

…than for several years. Magnolia dawsoniana Magnolia dawsoniana A busy bumble bee. Bumble bee Old deer damage to the trunk of a big leafed rhodo has affected its growth quite…

…over ‘Mary Rose’ has been in bud but showing colour for weeks. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ The original 1913 Magnolia campbellii at…

…‘Moerloosei’ (‘Apple Blossom’) 2025 – CHW Suddenly a great idea for the 30 vases at the Cornwall Garden Society show later this week. Unusual conifers with a few flowering Acacias….

…Yellow ones awaiting fertilisation by a bee or insect. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii Calycanthus ‘Hartlage Wine’ at Tin Garden. Calycanthus ‘Hartlage Wine’ Philadelphus shrenkii var jackii….

…the evening. drought starts to burn off the grass Another weekend and another tented wedding. Church service at St. Michaels. tented wedding Does this show male and female flowers on…

…The trunk The trunk And here is what has been shifted. here is what has been shifted Cut Manglietia insignis. It’s even better close up. Gorgeous pink. Manglietia insignis Manglietia…

…Lavandula ‘Meerlo’ has attractive variegation. Lavandula ‘Meerlo’ A good display of gerbera at Busy Bee Garden Centre. gerbera Hollyhocks grow so well on the Isle of Wight and so badly…

…had been kept out of the river valley farmland since the early part of the 19th century when an embankment was built. Some 55ha of farmland has been re-exposed to…

…but will it ever survive a -10 °C cold spell? sheltered location I see a cutting has been taken! cutting has been taken 2019 – CHW Off to the island’s…

…flower to be seen on Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ by George’s Hut. This has been here for 30 years and no flowers ever spotted. Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ Two dead Rhododendron ‘Royal…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Then to Busy Bee Garden Centre where there was little stock left and…

…A good show. Cotoneaster exburyensis Cotoneaster exburyensis Finally, after weeks in bud, Styrax serrulatus is full out. Not much scent but covered in bees. When you step inside the umbrella…

…Bee Garden Centre.All the white poplar trees have gone in the car park and new tarmac being laid throughout. Despite this major expenditure the plant area was looking very windswept,…

…one pair have kits as only one of the pair has been seen for a few weeks. Although the unrelated squirrels came from enclosures in Paradise Park in Hayle and…