1st March

…his 18th or 21st birthday, He is 57 now. 2017 – CHW A trip to the nursery with Shayne House to make video clips of topical tips for the website….

28th April

bluebells are now doing in full shade in the top section of Forty Acres Wood which was destroyed in the 1990 hurricane and replanted soon afterwards mainly with beech. bluebells…

19th February

…ago but nature has got in first. Pinus insignis A large beech tree has brought down a younger one in the Burncoose bluebell piece. The other elderly beeches need to…

11th September

…being out. Two to three weeks? Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’ 2018 – CHW To Leslie Baker’s wonderful garden in St Austell last Friday to make some plant care video clips

27th July

…always grown superb blue hydrangeas and must be highly acidic. Interestingly the 2013 planting of the red Hydrangea ‘Heinrich Siedel’ have died. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ blue Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ blue Proved indeed…

17th April

…Cart Road. Perhaps Narcissus x intermedius? narcissus Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ and Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ – blue and yellow work well together here. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ and Metasequoia…

11th July

‘Blue Dune’ – incredibly blue foliage in full sun Elymus arenarius ‘Blue Dune’ Elymus arenarius ‘Blue Dune’ Geranium pratense ‘Algera Double’ Geranium pratense ‘Algera Double’ Geranium pratense ‘Algera Double’ Digitalis…

13th July

…a brilliant blue lacecap set against its black stems. Hydrangea ‘Zorro’ Hydrangea ‘Zorro’ Hydrangea ‘Hobella’ Hydrangea ‘Hobella’ Hydrangea ‘Hobella’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ The Harrow…

6th July

Blue’ is an evergreen sub-shrub unlike the other herbaceous penstemons. Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Heavenly Blue’ Geranium pratense ‘Delft Blue’ Geranium pratense ‘Delft Blue’ Salvia ‘Purple Rain’ was spectacular. Salvia ‘Purple Rain’…

26th April

…down but otherwise fine which is one of the few wins amongst our most tender plants. Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Hattie Carthan’ is…