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…

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…

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…

20th September

…is plastered in what are becoming yellow berries which will become pink tinged later on. Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ The young Magnolia insignis which flowered so well in the summer…

15th September

…from white to pink and then red. Weigela coraeensis Cotoneaster bullatus covered in berries which are already ripe by the KPK offices. Cotoneaster bullatus Cotoneaster bullatus Gigantic seed heads of…

23rd January

…The side stems and the main stems are suddenly leafless. This was not a very hardy form or clone compared to the one on the earth bank hedge at Burncoose;…

13th June

…prematurely in the drought and looked sick. It was late into leaf and I had feared that we might lost it but here we are restored to full health. Not…

2nd August

…in July? Odd. Loropetalum chinensis var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ Loropetalum chinensis var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ Indigofera howellii has a very dark pink flower – almost reddish. Indigofera howellii 2023 – CHW Quinces…

3rd August

…It appeared to have become a bakery and tearooms with a huge yurt. A few tired bedding plants and not much else at all. Took not a single photograph! 2020…

26th January

…a self-sown Camellia x williamsii seedling near Crinodendron Hedge which has bicoloured flowers and is markedly different from any other x williamsii variety growing or bred at Caerhays. Is it…