25th October

…No. 1 No. 2 is only just full out – larger single white flowers a few of which have an occasional pink flash on the outside of the petals. A…

26th May

…wagnerianus despite the trunk half blowing over last winter. Trachycarpus wagnerianus Another exceptional magnolia with blue flowers initially. Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiju’. Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiju’ Azalea ‘Greenway’ sporting a few white

22nd March

…‘Blue Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ is growing into a decent tree. Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ just showing. Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ Another young Pinus radiata snapped off…

6th June

…species in flower and, in my mind, I expected a single white which it very clearly isn’t. The original plant was on the bank above the 2 Magnolia veitchii. It…

17th October

…enjoyed the heat and recovered well. Sapium sebiferum Melicytus crassifolius with white fruits which have black markings. Despite its scruffy and leafless appearance this has doubled in size in 3…

26th December

…williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’. About on a par with recent years. Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ Last few white flowers on one of the ancient Camellia sasanqua – later than normal….

20th June

…part of the starshaped flowers is pink. Camellia ‘Kitty’ on Burns Bank is still laden with flower in late June. Exceptional and flowers pink and fading to white. Camellia ‘Kitty’…

28th June

…The seeds looked right when I had occasionally found a few but I had never caught the flowers properly as here. Creamy white clusters of flowers with conspicuous purple veining…

7th October

…was threatening the two new barn conversions at what we now call White Stiles Cottages. A neat and tidy job by Treleaven tree services. sycamore The berries are now ripe…

10th December

…‘Winton’ is a light pink and ‘Cornish Snow’ a pure white. I prefer the white! Alongside ‘Winton’, quite literally, and totally unknown previously to me, is what I assume from…