…memorial garden was built in his name at the Royal Cornwall Showground. 2015 – CHW MAGNOLIA ‘Butterflies’ is nearly out MAGNOLIA ‘Yellow bird’ It is a bank holiday (Good Friday)…

…thinning. ash Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ still had some unfrosted flowers in Penvergate but was not as yellow as normal. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ This pale yellow magnolia has lost its label but I…

…from M. ‘Butterflies’ but none the worse for that. Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ The huge clump of Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ is now full out but, sadly, the…

…has no flowers this year. This yellow magnolia has a growth habit like Magnolia ‘Butterflies’. Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ Rhododendron ‘Anne Teese’ at its absolute best – again…

…car park already. A bit too early for butterflies to enjoy it today! Olearia scillionensis 2016 – CHWThe season is racing on alarmingly quickly and no matter how many times…

…and more butterflies and insects feeding on them. Campion on bank Enkianthus campanulatus var albiflorus Enkianthus campanulatus var campanulatus Two old original plants of enkianthus in the full shade of…

…shop. It hardly looks like a buddleia! I guessed Olearia at first. Another species to propagate for the catalogue which I suspect butterflies will like. Buddleia loricata Buddleia loricata Buddleia…

…flowers this year. Styrax serratifolius Styrax serratifolius Cotoneaster ‘Exburiensis’ full out and covered in butterflies as usual. Cotoneaster ‘Exburiensis’ Cotoneaster ‘Exburiensis’ Rosa ‘American Pillar’ nearly out on the Tin Garden…

…a gardener called Mr Ivey. A wonderful plant for bees and butterflies. Giant fritillaries and Red Admirals especially. I will try to picture the originals on my return. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’…

…covered in butterflies, bees and wasps already. The Flora of Cornwall suggests that this is a Centaurea nigra subspecies which is rare in Cornwall but less so in the Scillies….

…2022 – CHW Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ covered in 40 to 50 butterflies. Mainly speckled woods I think. Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ at its best. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar…

…competition. Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ in full flower. A hybrid named after Mr Ivey, a Caerhays gardener, and a magnet for bees and butterflies. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’…

…banks have to be cut late to protect the primroses and bluebells but cutting the flowering weeds and grasses deprives the butterflies of feed. There are usually plenty of small…

…really decent rose Off to Will Caws’ amazing chalk down field where we are too late this year for orchids but the displays of wild flowers and butterflies are as…

…reverted to ‘Royal Red’ above the top wall but is still a magnet for butterflies. Many flowers are already over but a second flush now accompanies the latest rain induced…

…plum tree in Max Kendry’s garden. Humulus lupus ‘Aureus’ Humulus lupus ‘Aureus’ Gardening for butterflies with Cynara cardunculus (flowers unpicked or eaten) and Buddleia ‘White Knight’. It was however too…

…towels enlighten. tea towels Peacock butterflies on a Buddleja davidii ‘Empire Blue’. Buddleja davidii ‘Empire Blue’ The commemorative planting of Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ growing away well. Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ Well-developed…

…on another clump of Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’. Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Viburnum rhytidophyllum now nearly full out but no butterflies feeding yet. Viburnum rhytidophyllum Viburnum rhytidophyllum 2018 – CHW More pottering…

…butterflies on Escallonia bifida from Jaimie grass cutting in this area. Escallonia bifida Escallonia bifida 2020 – CHW The rare plant fair went ahead at Tregrehan yesterday with distancing, masks,…

…Heptacodion miconoides just going over. The branches are laden down with flower heads and seeds forming. A few moths and butterflies were enjoying the nectar but too quick to photograph….