…Anemone x hybrida ‘September Charm’ Buddleia ‘Lochinch’ performing well in the Cottage garden. Buddleia ‘Lochinch’ Buddleia ‘Lochinch’ Harebells on the wildflower bank (Campanula rotundifolia). Campanula rotundifolia Knautia arvensis – field…
…seeds. It was from a wild collected batch of seed given to us by Nigel Holman from Chyverton. It came here along with Nigel’s collection of Quercus oxyodon which is…
…– Another howling gale with torrential rain until lunchtime. For 10 days or so I have meant to picture the first ‘wild’ daffodils out in the garden by the Four…
…Hydrangea indochinensis Magnolia sharpii is probably too tender to survive outside. Magnolia sharpii Quercus marlipoensis is virtually extinct in the wild. A very odd species which hardly looks like an…
…unnamed Wild Ajuga growing in meadowland. Ajuga Ajuga Ilex castaneifolia in flower – once from Burncoose I think. Ilex castaneifolia Ilex castaneifolia A newly installed driftwood pig! driftwood pig Camellia…
…plenty of female cones forming. Wollemia nobilis An interesting wild flower in an ungrazed field – Ononis repens (Restharrow). Ononis repens (Restharrow) Ononis repens (Restharrow) Secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Star…
…Tulip’ is showing colour. Perhaps not a good year but it is not as dark as Magnolia ‘Genie’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia cylindrica (wild collected) full out and looking very…
…manglietias with Jaimie and Michael. This is a record of what we saw.Magnolia sprengeri – wild collected form, has a smallish flower with 12 tepals (ie more than usual). It…
…large clump. Darmeria peltata An unusual iris growing wild in grass. unusual iris A fine mature plant of Lithocarpus henryi with similar bark and trunk to the Rosemoor plant but…
…Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Two very different clumps of bluebells outside the arch. The second lot are ‘Spanish’ bluebells and the first a decent cross between wild and…
…by the front door. stoat’s den The wild flower book has been located.Lotus corniculatus or ‘bacon and eggs’ is coming up in the lawn exactly where the giant mushroom circle…
…in cultivation today although collected by Wilson. In the wild it can be found from Pakistan to Yunnan province in China. Betula cylindrostachya Betula cylindrostachya Deer have ringbarked another birch…
…just given us a cutting of an unnamed Meliosma species which he grew from botanic garden seed originating in the wild some time ago which adds to the confusion. At…
…Acer palmatum ‘Crippsii’ Acer palmatum ‘Crippsii’ A fine Parrotia persica Parrotia persica Rather more than a wild flower meadow and absolutely stunning! wild flower meadow wild flower meadow Better and…
…pulchra (wild collected and given to us originally by Roy Lancaster) Forsythia mandschurica (no idea but dwarf?) Hydrangea serratifolia (as at Tregothnan – climber) Polyspora axillaris (see early February for…
…similarly devoured by something. primrose Wild daffodils almost with flower buds showing. Only a few days away. Wild daffodils A young Azalea ‘Kirin’ with its hose-in-hose flowers full out on…
…recently completed the wild flower survey of all the fields on the farm. These show a massive increase in numbers of plant species and plant diversity since the last survey…
…an English Oak Abundant fruit on a wild crab apple growing in a roadside hedge. Crab apple jelly was to be made before the apples properly dropped. Crab apple Crab…
…‘Wild Rose’ will be a new entry in the 2021 catalogue. Heuchera ‘Wild Rose’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Early Pearly’ has arrived from Stervinou nurseries for Caerhays. I saw this last autumn…
…very different form to our other S. pauciflora. Schefflera pauciflora One of the very old and original wild collected Magnolia salicifolia has defoliated early and is looking to be on…