11th April

…of yellow but not too much. One which we should definitely propagate by grafting for the Burncoose catalogue. Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’…

31st October

…dependens Caroline Bell thinks our Camellia sasanqua (No. 5 through the arch) may be the same as a C. sasanqua which won a first-class certificate at an RHS show on…

1st November

…I need to send these pictures to Caroline Bell. I guess this plant was planted out in the early 1960’s. Until recent clearings took place the plant could have been…

4th February

…of each bell. Rhododendron irroratum A nearly dead 30 year old Rhododendron keysii. A very short lived species. We will prune it back but, from experience, this species will probably…

15th August

…progressively burnt off by the sun – the other half of the plant already dead. Magnolia sieboldii 2021 – CHW Bell heather (Erica cinerea) on Wolsingham Moor which was already…

4th April

…‘Beni-Yutaka’ Another Magnolia ‘Genie’ still looking very fine outside the front gate. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ Enkianthus perulatus out early and covered in bells. Enkianthus perulatus Enkianthus perulatus First flowering…

3rd July

…source is not identified. There are no records of these being planted at Caerhays within the files that you have shared with me. I believe that Caroline Bell has been…

14th February

…front gate. A good dark colour this year high up but you can already see the paler insides to the tepals as you see in ‘Caerhays Belle’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’…

16th February

…colour. Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ just coming out and what a colour. Words fail me to describe it so…

16th January

…– JCW Prunus pissardi is showing white. 1898 is ahead of 1935. 1898 – JCW M de Graaf breaks through, also Princep Mary, Sirius, Golden Bell etc, one seedling of…