11th September

…English Channel, Irish Sea and North Atlantic, and the crews were sold into slavery. In 1625 a raiding party landed at Mount’s Bay in Cornwall and 60 people who had…

23rd July

…ten days ago to tidy up the jungle in the garden here. What a great job and careful too to leave in place the pittosporum and bay trees which block…

1st November

bay and larger covered area outside the main packing are now well underway in the wet. Phil Knuckey in his element! groundworks Bergenia ‘Morgenrote’ in flower. Bergenia ‘Morgenrote’ And Bergenia…

1st December

…in Hand have been out for a few weeks already. Erica arborea Erica arborea Nearby the men have downed another row of leylandii and bay trees below the greenhouses to…

11th July

…in Seaview. Something to sort out on return. 2018 – CHW Off to the ever improving Eddington nursery just on from Seaview and near the Priory Bay Hotel. A huge…

11th December

…on a site like this before actually planting anything. You have to think of ultimate height, colour matches, gaps for viewing the bay, speed of development, complementary species and any…

6th May

…the first time here. Rather bay-laurel like? Its related to Olea and comes from the Canary Isles. If it survives it will become a large evergreen tree with hard, heavy…

22nd April

…flower behind it. Rhododendron zaleucum has very few flowers after its haircut last year. Probably the last time we will ever see the original clump of Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ in…

27th September

…scrub at bay without additional topping from time to time.Nevertheless a big success in terms of wildflower specie numbers as our recent survey has shown. These fields were G01/G02 in…

24th April

…‘Fireglow’ by the house. Euphorbia ‘Fireglow’ As much flower as you could possibly get on the usually rather dull culinary bay tree (Laurus nobilis). Laurus nobilis Laurus nobilis Laurus nobilis…