10th March

…Narcissus cyclamineus at Caerhays. 2018 – CHW A fine calm day at last. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red is again coming out. Earlier flowers blown away. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red Camellia ‘Desire’ has…

28th November

…Blaze’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ below White Styles below White Styles All now planted and wired up with deer and rabbit protection. wired up This should one day make a…

18th March

…x wagneri ‘Fireflame’ Mahonia x wagneri ‘Fireflame’ Pieris japonica ‘Bonfire’ just has a slight hint of pink in its buds but I assume the name refers to the very red

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 5)

…portico. Fascicularia bicolor The extraordinary red flowered and vigorously climbing Salvia gesneriiflora. I thought it was Salvia dombeyi but was quite wrong. This grows to 20 feet. Salvia gesneriiflora Tetra[?]…

3rd December

…I assume. Stewartia serrata A particularly good single red Camellia japonica with several flowers out. Camellia japonica Despite there being few rabbits here at present they soon find a fallen…

24th August

…Queen’ Kniphofia ‘Ice Queen’ Rehmannia elata Rehmannia elata Echinacea ‘Green Jewel’ Echinacea ‘Green Jewel’ Imperata ‘Red Baron’ Imperata ‘Red Baron’ Jaimie has decided not to cut the main bank outside…

4th June

…New growth on the ancient pink flowered Camellia sasanqua is dark bronzy-red. The white flowered forms have quite different new growth. Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua 2021 – CHW A hurried…

24th December

…The paler form has been out for weeks and now looks a bit battered by the heavy rains of late. Camellia saluenensis First flower on the ancient Camellia japonica ‘Lady…

5th June

…is looking rather tired and pot bound in the heatwave. Jaimie uses the presence of a small digger to move it to a new planting site near the shop in…

18th October

…First time flowering on the top wall. Lemon yellow flowers and red stamens. Hedychium gardnerianum Hedychium gardnerianum A new evergreen fern in the frames – Woodwardia unigemmata. Woodwardia unigemmata Woodwardia…