8th May

…and above Bond Street. This was planted perhaps 35 years ago and has grown slowly and seldom flowered at all. The label is long lost and if I had featured

29th May

…flowers. Caerhays bred but no one knows by whom or with what. Anyway it is properly registered now. Malus hupenensis Malus hupenensis The white malus with the disgusting scent appears…

14th December

Red’ likewise. Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ 2016 – CHW Camellia x williamsii ‘J C Williams’ just out through the arch. A little late this year. Camellia x williamsii ‘J…

7th October

…covered in berry and a good orange which will probably get redder yet. Cotoneaster schubertii Cotoneaster schubertii Cotoneaster parneyi was also a gift from Fromefield. Oddly coloured berries in a…

19th December

…Garden still has colourful fruits on the following varieties:- Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus ‘Red

19th June

…George’s Hut is the only japonicus to be covered in flower this year. Plastered in fact. Styrax japonicus Styrax japonicus A few flowers this year on the elderly Photinia prionophylla….

19th March

…years of sparse underperforming. Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ Two sick scots pine have been dismantled by the KPK offices (our building business). scots pine Camellia x…

22nd July

…Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ will always be pink not blue at Ventnor. Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ Abutilon ‘Red Bells’ is one we should propagate and sell at Burncoose. Abutilon ‘Red Bells’ Bananas…

25th February

…they open. Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ where the flowers are more sheltered Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ where the flowers are more sheltered Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ is finally full out in the…

12th January

…CHW Camellia japonica ‘Volunteer’ is out early with quite a variation in the colour of its flowers as you can see here. Some redder and some pinker. Pinker ones turn…