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…

21st September

…flow with the customers. Burncoose stand Burncoose stand What I think was a hummingbird moth feeding on Clerodendron bungei on our stand. It hovered and lowered its tongue/proboscis into the…

27th January

…a hint of drizzle as for several days.Camellia ‘Contessa Lavinia Maggi’ with its first flower. One of the old original japonicas on the wall by the arch. An Italian bred

8th August

…a decent shrub. Rubus lineatus Rubus lineatus A top grafted Sorbus reducta with fruits forming. Sorbus reducta Sorbus reducta Lots of seeds have set on an old Rhododendron schlippenbachii above…

2nd March

…good today. hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna hybrid bred by Philip Tregunna First ever flowers on a magnolia labelled ‘Mazara’….

17th November

…Blush” “Everards’s Delight” – a Loder bred variety “Everards’s Delight” “Everards’s Delight” ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Bonanza’ – the best red we…

3rd January

…last spring. So much so that the branches gave off huge clouds of pollen dust. On passing I wondered if they were both now covered in flower heads or seeds….

8th February

…of Viburnum betulifolium was still covered in red fruits which the birds and squirrels had left alone. Many had fallen to the ground and appeared to have been eaten by…