April 2018 Irish trip (Day 4)

…Congreve 12 years ago the rhodo and camellia plantings were so thick that it was obvious Michael White, the head gardener, had a battle ahead. Four years after Ambrose Congreve’s…

7th March 1897 – 2020

…angle to see the colour properly. What a colour! Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Rhododendron Golden Oriole var ‘Busaco’ – a hint of…

10th March

…need the tree surgeon this summer. elderly beech trees Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ now out low down and a good colour. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ I cannot resist more…

30th April

…be on this year’s Chelsea stand! Rhododendron ‘Saffron Queen’ Neither will Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’. Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ The Caerhays bred Azalea ‘Black Hawk’. Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ The…

7th March

…grow? Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ This Quercus engleriana came from Kew in the 1920s according to the records. This species has just…

28th April

…when we dream it up but something for the rhodo members to enjoy anyway. Planted here in 2005. Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ This…

16th April

…and quite late. Camellia reticulata ‘Lila Naff’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lila Naff’ First flowers out on Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ below Donkey Shoe. Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ Magnolia ‘Mighty Mouse’…

5th June

…China’ Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’. Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’ 2024 – CHW Jaimie and Michael win the RMC Group Centenary Cup for our exhibit of Magnolia rostrata at the Trewithen…

27th November

Michael’ is usually a fortnight earlier than ‘Cornish Snow’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia taliensis flowers largely blown off the tree before anyone has seen them….

17th December

…best thing out in the garden today. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ One of our young Magnolia caveanas in a totally sheltered and secluded spot has leapt…

18th January 1897- 2020

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’ by Tin Garden full out. Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Charles Michael’ ‘King Alfred’ daffodils in Kennel Close. The first clump to…

3rd July

…it often self-ignited). Click here for photo 1 and photo 2 From: Graham Webb Sent: 05 May 2020 12:19 To: Caerhays Enquiries Subject: Tom Michael photos Good morning, The article…

3rd March 1897 – 2020

…Zealand form) below Donkey Shoe. Still plenty of intact flowers though. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ just coming out properly. What a colour! Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’…

4th March 1897 – 2020

…quarry. The pictures are poor as the sun is the wrong side of the tree. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Magnolia campbellii alba seedling with the huge flowers. Magnolia…

9th March 1897 – 2020

…rain. Jaimie and Michael are off to the Rosemoor Show with a few, mainly evergreen, exhibits and a vase or two of magnolias cut before the cold and hidden in…

15th November

…large flowered Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ was out in flower below Tin Garden. It has clearly been out for at least 10 days. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow…

13th November

…far from out when I checked. Timing much as last year. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ 2021 – CHW Stewartia monodelpha looking even better than a week…

31st August

…scent still gorgeous. Rhododendron maddenii Jaimie & Michael mark out the site for a new 10,000 litre water tank beside the Orchid House Nursery. This would be connected to the…

3rd January

…A young plant in Tin Garden of Camellia x williamsii ‘St Michael’. Camellia x williamsii ‘St Michael’ Camellia x williamsii ‘St Michael’ Flowers on a young Rhododendron davidsonianum. Rhododendron davidsonianum…

20th June

…ripe in the Isla Rose. Amelanchier bartramiana The dwarf Carpinus nimpoli? with reddish new growth. dwarf Carpinus nimpoli 2024 – CHW The next two windows to restore in St Michael’s…