25th January

…x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ at its best. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ just going over. Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ Rubus tricolor and Erica arborea…

19th February

…semidecidua x Sycoparrotia semidecidua x Sycoparrotia semidecidua A clump of nine Rhododendron viscosum placed out below the drive at Four in Hand. Rhododendron viscosum Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ with its…

17th February

…come from a colder location as it is untouched by last week’s Beast. Ilex mutchagara Ilex mutchagara Ilex mutchagara Ilex mutchagara Ilex mutchagara Ilex mutchagara Flowers on a Rhododendron arboreum…

15th October

…x schuettii ‘Silver Shadow’ putting on a nice autumn show in the frames. Quercus x schuettii ‘Silver Shadow’ Quercus x schuettii ‘Silver Shadow’ Quercus x wavei ‘Chimney Fire’ has turned…

24th October

…Carpinus tschonoskii Carpinus tschonoskii Stewartia x henryae again showing just how good it is. Stewartia x henryae Stewartia x henryae Stewartia monodelpha has improved greatly in a week or so….

The Cornwall Garden Society spring show

…this). Melicytus alpinus Melicytus alpinus Cleyera japonica ‘Tricolor’ – a plant for Asia to propagate as a good coloured evergreen on the bank above the two Magnolia veitchiis. Cleyera japonica…

27th March

…a full comparison of all of them. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Ballerina’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Ballerina’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Ballerina’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Ballerina’ A wild collected seed Magnolia cylindrica just…

4th December

…to go in the Rookery. Tom Hudson first introduced us to this species which I have acquired from Mark Bulk. Ilex paraguariensis Ilex paraguariensis Ilex paraguariensis Ilex paraguariensis 2022 –…

13th March

…developing well. Bred by Tim Thornton in 2003. Magnolia ‘Avocet’ (M. x veitchii ‘Isla’ x M. x soulangeana) Magnolia ‘Avocet’ (M. x veitchii ‘Isla’ x M. x soulangeana) First flowers…

23rd August

…planipes with ripe and splitting seed heads. Euonymus planipes Lonicera x americana still nicely in flower. Lonicera x americana Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ with what looks like a secondary flowering….