19th March

…x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Westonbirt’. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Westonbirt’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Westonbirt’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x…

27th April

…‘Lemon Star’ – Awarded the Quicke Cup for best Magnolia exhibit in show 1st – M. ‘Lemon Star’ Any species/hybrid except acuminata single bloom 1st – M. ‘Tikitere’ 1st –…

26th April

…Prince’ The unusual combination of Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ and Michelia laevifolia. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Exochorda tianschanica is, I think, turning out to be a nicer flowered plant than the other…

3rd December

Yellow’ 2019 – CHW Jaimie and the team have started leaf clearance on the drive. We spent some time at the Royal Cornwall Show trying to identify a machine with…

29th March

…flowers on Magnolia ‘Sibille’ in Penvergate. Magnolia ‘Sibille’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ just showing. M. ‘Yellow Bird’ beside it not showing at all. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’ in Penvergate. Magnolia…

30th March

…‘Paul Cook’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ 2024 – CHW Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ just opening and Acacia cultriformis just going over. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ just opening and Acacia cultriformis…

25th October

…will be a feature plant one day. Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Star’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Star’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Star’ 1998 – FJW Many flowers on Nov Pink. Very wet year…

10th March

‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Wakehurst’. Magnolia campbellii…

23rd August

…Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’. Enormous flowers and very reddish leaves. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ A new catalogue entry is Hoya carnosa ‘Silver Spots’….

14th July

…pink flower and variegated leaves. Better than ‘Star of Toscane’ which Burncoose does stock I think. Trachelospermum ‘Star of Milano’ Trachelospermum ‘Star of Milano’ Potentilla fruticosa ‘Mango Tango’ clearly a…

2nd November

…Road. I am slightly too late.Enkianthus campanulatus albiflorus is a good red. Enkianthus campanulatus albiflorus Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ starting to go yellow. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Victoria’ – the…

16th October

…in flower – no prickles on the leaves! Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ with nice yellow colouring starting to show. Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ Albizia ‘Summer…

6th April

…Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star Magnolia ‘Peachy’. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Limelight’ (the spare one). Magnolia ‘Limelight’ And our rhododendron entries:- Rhododendron arizelum. Rhododendron arizelum Rhododendron hodgsonii. Rhododendron hodgsonii…

6th June

Star’ Dianthus ‘Shooting Star’ Dianthus ‘Shooting Star’ The white wisteria growing up the handrails leading up to the top nursery office door has jumped over into an adjacent conifer and…

24th November

…gales have blown many of the leaves off just as they were starting to turn colour. Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Quercus phellos just turning yellow by the turning down to The Hovel….

7th August

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ performing again in August. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ A sad story…

29th September

…still has nice secondary flowers on show in Penvergate. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Now secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ as well although these are dull by comparison. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’…

23rd May

…speech has to contain a joke about the yellow leaves not being yellow as well as an appeal to traditionalists. This is a plant grown by an amateur over 20…

2nd April

‘Yellow Lantern’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Rhododendron niveum on Sinogrande Walk. See how the flowers fade in colour with age. Rhododendron niveum Rhododendron niveum This is one of a batch of…

13th November

…Peumus boldus. Peumus boldus Flowers on a young Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ in Tin Garden. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Sorbus wilsoniana now with good autumn colour to match the berries. Sorbus wilsoniana…