6th May

…var jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ An interesting birch display above the drive where their mainly white mature trunks will one day show up well as…

8th April

…4ft tall after a cold winter. Hydrangea lobbii Hydrangea lobbii Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ leafing up nicely. The silver variegation is irregular. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’…

5th August

…and white. Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ Ugni molinae with fruits nearly ripe. Ugni molinae Ugni molinae Buddleia stenostachya is…

27th January

…Off’ Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’. Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’ Camellia japonica ‘Silver Chalice’ – a much newer introduction. Camellia japonica ‘Silver Chalice’ 2022 – CHW Overcast but still mild with…

12th April

…out. rhododendron stumps Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’ Neolitsea sericea ‘Silver Leaf’ with its new growth. Neolitsea sericea ‘Silver Leaf’ Pittosporum glabratum is flowering well and growing quickly. Pittosporum…

21st July

…children (Rubus tricolor). Rubus phoenicolasius Rubus phoenicolasius Underneath the main clump of Podocarpus salignus a veritable carpet of seedlings have popped up in the drought. Most Cornish plants that I…

28th February

…Narcissus cyclamineus seedlings and hybrids Narcissus cyclamineus seedlings and hybrids Suddenly a carpet of primroses coming out everywhere where the grass was so carefully cut last summer late in the…

29th May

…Flush’ – yellow form A carpet of fallen flowers under one of the Rhododendron ‘Mrs Bulters’. A carpet of fallen flowers Rhododendron ‘Tally Ho’ is tucked away unseen at the…

17th May

…Rhododendron ‘Silver Lady’? Rhododendron ‘Silver Lady’? Rhododendron ‘Silver Lady’? Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ and Leptospermum ‘Red Damask’. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ and Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Unknown but spectacular rose….

11th March

…in leaf/growth a week on from the icy winds. Syringa reticulata Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ out again too. Just the first few flowers lost. Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ The…