1st September

…for the house. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Sadly the Tilia henryana has collapsed. One bit of the tree split out a couple of years ago…

27th August

…by the now ‘woke’ weather forecasters is instantly forgotten. Not much of a storm here! Tilia henryana flowering in the nursery. Sadly our tree in Penvergate has been blown to…

20th August

…Tilia henryana ‘Arnold Select’ had been looking sickly but now doing well. Tilia henryana ‘Arnold Select’ Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’. Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’ and Hydrangea…

18th May

…‘Petiolaris’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ I think this is Tilia mandshurica on the drive although I had mistakenly thought it was Tilia henryana until recently. T. henryana is…

22nd April

…x peralchium ‘Frohnleiten’ is another new addition but not that special? Epimedium x peralchium ‘Frohnleiten’ The new growth on Tilia henryana is exquisite for a few days as we have…

16th May

…of Carpinus well into leaf on Sinogrande Walk. Carpinus henryana ‘Simplicidentata’ (a gift from Bluebell Nursery) – now that the huge suckers from the graft have been removed we can…

9th May

…name. Salix magnifica Carpinus henryana flowerless still. Carpinus henryana Aesculus x bushii (Aesculus mississipiensis) is, I fear, wrongly named as the flowers should be multi-coloured and not just yellow. Early…

25th August

…in flower before so this is a first for us at Caerhays. Tilia henryana is an autumn flowering lime (not out yet) as well so we now have two limes…