18th May

…flowers about 6 in across, the big plant Nicholsiana just opening, it looks well. The big Parviflora never looked better. R aureum is very good, the early Magnolia wilsoni has…

11th March

…either by comparison to modern day hybrids. All 3 USA bred. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ still performing 6 weeks after we saw it first in…

6th March

…Helwingia chinensis is a suckering, spreading shrub so we have put another beside the existing one. Note how much bigger the leaves are on the plant from the frames. Helwingia…

28th April

…team. Alwyn had visited Caerhays and had a tour with Jaimie this spring. The big problem this garden has is the 1 mile distance it is across the park to…

8th April

…The rhododendron season really is upon us and the rain on Sunday night has had a big stimulus on the buds. I need to do some more videos for the…

2nd March

…for a big (fine) day of new crossing. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Caerhays Surprise’ as it was named when it came here. Planted in 2019 but, as far as…

8th August

…the little used water tanks below the church. big leaf Rhododendrons big leaf Rhododendrons Plenty of elm-like pink seeds on Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Dipteronia sinensis Hoheria angustifolia is covered…

1st August

…bud on Magnolia tamaulipana. Magnolia tamaulipana Here is the seed head from the first flower. seed head The big Eucryphia nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ which reshot with multiple stems after the 1990…

15th February

…intact and unfrosted. Rhododendron leucaspis The big leafed rhodos with their leaves turned over in the gale. big leafed rhodos big leafed rhodos big leafed rhodos Pseudopanax ferox at 12-14ft….

30th August

…collect here. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Luma apiculata ‘Glenlean Gold’ is another sacrifice plant grown here as a windbreak in the new planting above the greenhouse. Soon time…