23rd May

…pictures 2022 – CHW Five hundred plant photographs for the website database but a lot of standing about yapping to the great and good while judging goes on around us….

31st May

…there are still some flowers showing. Berberis wilsoniae Berberis wilsoniae Still plenty of buds on Magnolia x wieseneri. Magnolia x wieseneri Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ still plastered in flower. Deutzia calycosa…

25th December

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise’ varieties on Burns Bank are still at their best and covered in flower. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise’ varieties Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise’ varieties The original Camellia ‘Winton’ now full…

16th October

…now over and shedding petals furiously as the wind gets up. A short and sweet flowering season. Camellia sasanqua which suddenly flowered 10 days ago Camellia sasanqua which suddenly flowered

30th March

…the planting this spring. It will take a year or so to assemble some of the key plants. newly cleared area around the Tin Garden newly cleared area around the…

29th June

…dark red deciduous azalea above the Trevanion holly. very dark red deciduous azalea Rhododendron auriculatum now full out. Rhododendron auriculatum Rhododendron sanguineum full out beyond George’s Hut. Rhododendron sanguineum Stachyurus…

5th April

…flowers have been battered by the rain. Pseudocydonia sinensis Pseudocydonia sinensis Another ghastly looking big leaf rhododendron on the way out. big leaf rhododendron The Game Larder starts to fill…

5th November

…Lapageria rosea Fuchsia and the ancient Camellia sasanqua (white form) out together again! Fuchsia and the ancient Camellia sasanqua Forsythia turning yellow then red by the gents loos. Forsythia Sorbus…

6th April

…double flowered daffodils with a reddish orange centre are looking good by the door but the label has vanished. double flowered daffodils 2015 – CHW PRIMROSES If ever there was…

7th November

…the tank (and so on to the castle) when we cleared the Tin Garden area last February. old iron pipe Another oak tree fell in the gale last Friday/Saturday below…