28th May

…Styrax formosanus var. hatayanus just coming out in Kennel Close. The Styrax are rushing on in the heatwave we have currently. Styrax formosanus var. hatayanus Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ now has…

29th September

…A visit to Burncoose when I discover score of Malus trees have arrived from various sources for planting out in the Kitchen Garden here. Some of these varieties are even…

2nd October

…a number of poor secondary flowers. Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. ‘J.C. Willaims’ Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana planted very recently but doing well. Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana 2022 – CHW…

4th October

…after this peculiar summer. Malus ‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ Sorbus commixta var. sachalinensis heavily laden with fruit. The largest crop so far on this 13 year old tree. Sorbus…

16th December

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW Acer campbellii var. fansipanense.(BSWJ 8270) still with leaves and good colour but not…

10th October

…Ryukyu archipelago. In reality Ilex crenata var. mutchagara. Bean also says that two Ilex kingiana at Caerhays were awarded an Award of Merit when shown by FJW on 25th February…

23rd December

…UK size. A Christmas present from David West at Fromefield Nurseries contained the following seedlings: Photinia villosa var. coreana (from Caerhays seed) Photinia beauverdiana var. notabilis (from Caerhays seed) Photinia…

7th December

…damage. Here on the low growing Magnolia ‘Ann’. Magnolia ‘Ann’ Rhododendron keysii still full of flowers. Rhododendron keysii Betula utilis var. jacquemontii in the sun. Betula utilis var. jacquemontii 2019…

28th December

…(syn. mucronatus) is scarcely ever flowerless either. Erigeron karvinskianus Clematis cirrhosa var. balerica is only just out with one or two flowers. Later than usual I think. Clematis cirrhosa var.

25th July

…Buddleia var Veitchii and Magnifica at about their best. Very very dry, several things dead. 1909 – JCW Buddleia variabilis shows colour. Mitraria fair. Cyclamen none. Half the daff seed…