20th May

…waterer rhodo’s. Iris lorteti open, a large lot of roses out, nearly all Azaleas open. Bluebells going over, primroses gone, a few waterlilies at Beech Walk, none in the Big

17th May

…This is Aesculus glabra x Aesculus flava and still very rare. It makes a big tree apparently. Aesculus x marylandica Aesculus x marylandica Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ – the flower bracts…

13th March

…Stupendous! Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Lizzie retrieves the windblown branch of Magnolia campbellii to sit on the slate slab outside the front door. It is too big for a vase. Magnolia…

9th July

…than ‘Big Tom’. A picture of the bottle is here. Campbell Clarke brought one of the creators of this new juice to Caerhays recently. tomato grower tomato grower tomato grower…

Irish trip April 2018

…exciting and developing garden with big plans for more planting. They had visited Vietnam three times collecting seed and had several polytunnels full of wild collected schefflera, polyspora and other…

21st April

…the hybrids good. Still some Michelias. 1930 – JCW Ten days late for most things, ⅓ of big Mag kobus are open, all the Mag salicifolia. The Dendata has been…

25th May

…he has no scope to say other than what he is told to. Amusingly the camera monitor then shows the spelling of ‘rhododendron’ incorrectly. Much pissing round and the big

20th April

…perhaps not but the size of flower is bigger I suspect. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ has a decent-ish flower. Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia…

16th May

…in Old Park. unnamed deciduous Azalea ‘Soir de Paris’ as a big clump on Bond Street. Azalea ‘Soir de Paris’ Azalea ‘Soir de Paris’ 2019 – CHW Collecting and choosing…

13th May

…of phytophthera unlike many others here and in other key woodland gardens – especially Windsor. Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ The last survivors of the big clump…