…N Roses’ has a pleasant flower with a pink picotee edge. Helleborus ‘Ice N Roses’ Saxifraga ‘Early Carnival’ starts red and fades to white with a pink stripe. Saxifraga ‘Early…

…Magnolia campbellii (ACUG 5330) planted in 2010 with rather small white flowers. Magnolia campbellii (ACUG 5330) Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’. Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x ‘J.C. Williams’ a rich…

…looking towards The Copper House. view from the Burncoose Show Tunnel Five of the six Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the bank are now out in flower. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Narcissus…

…originally but true to name. Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata Surprising to see Azalea ‘Palestrina’ out so early. Azalea ‘Palestrina’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Francis Hanger’ is still the best single white…

…(Nuccio’s No.27) The last of the Camellia sasanqua in the collection to still be in flower – ‘Prudence’. Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wyckoff’ looking remarkably…

…does list ‘Soho’ (page 229) but the description is ‘white with vivid red variations’.While I can quite see that the ‘Don Quixote’ would be a good name for an azalea…

…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ and Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ looking splendid. Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Rubus tricolor looking good with Erica arborea. Rubus…

…mix of deep reddish-purple leaves and green new growth. This will become a conical small tree with racemes of small white flowers in may and dark red fruits. Prunus virginiana…

…a felled trunk just in the woodland above the parking area and there is one standing trunk there.It Has broad lanceolate needles around the stem and rich reddish brown bark….

…inland and away from the sea. Here we are looking inland Here we are looking inland Here we are looking inland An osprey nest platform has been built in one…

…var. formosana is making good headway. Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ flowering high up. Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Acer cappadocicum ‘Aureum’ with striking secondary new…

…robusta out late as usual in September. A good mauve and white combination. We need to propagate this as it is a winner! Hydrangea aspera ssp. robusta Hydrangea aspera ssp….

…Magnolia doltsopa Escallonia bifida looking very fine – the best thing in the garden today. Escallonia bifida First mushrooms showing up today on the lawn. mushrooms 2023 – CHW A…

…Rhododendron diaprepes Several drought casualties beside it. Several drought casualties Several drought casualties 2021 – CHW Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ white, pink and brown. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Sadly, our…

…2017. Making a good tree. Cupressus austrotibetica Carpinus shensiensis also struggling but still alive. Carpinus shensiensis 2022 – CHW A seed head on Schefflera pauciflora (WWJ 1199) but far from…

…weather still. Now just the house martin droppings to brush up and stop them blocking any culverts through the roof over the winter. the roof the roof The trunk of…

…very much part of the historic house and gardens and sit in close proximity. The situation at Caerhays is very different. We therefore rejected the idea of restoring a working…

…not perform. Schima argentea 2020 – CHW Work is now underway making a new planting below the camellia foliage area for large leaf rhododendrons next spring. A well sheltered area…

…tree rings was looking difficult. Turkey Oak Turkey Oak It really was a whopper! Ross estimates 25 tonnes. a whopper! Then on to the first bit of autumn planting. Flowers…

…year. White flower plumes. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Tilia tuan var. chenmoui has made good growth this year and interesting bark developing on the trunk. Not like other species of…