31st March

…Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ full out above the greenhouse. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ 2020 – CHW If you have been pondering on the demands of our own chief medical…

13th September

…the autumn. Pseudowintera ‘Moulin Rouge’ Pseudowintera ‘Moulin Rouge’ Enkianthus campanulatus with wonderful red stems and ripening seed heads. Enkianthus campanulatus Chaenomeles x superba ‘Crimson and Gold’ with ripe bright red…

19th May

…clump of Enkianthus cernuus recurvus rather darker in colour. Enkianthus cernuus recurvus Enkianthus cernuus recurvus Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Showy Lantern’ a wonderful bright red in colour. Silly name perhaps but spectacular…

20th October

…missing decent autumn colour pictures of Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’ on the Burncoose website. Hilliers states ‘striking shades of bright red and orange’. What I am seeing is hardly this…

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…we grow here – one of only two). Camellia japonica ‘Dewatairin’ Camellia japonica ‘Holly Bright’ – we imported this from Stervinou. Camellia japonica ‘Holly Bright’ Camellia japonica ‘Spring Festival’ Camellia…

5th November

…very different autumn colours. One is bright yellow while the smaller ‘runty’ plant has a reddish hue. Unusual or is one dying? Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ 2017 – CHW The clump…

7th April

…the Crown Estate. Note how different it is to our plant as above. Rhododendron kesangiae Rhododendron kesangiae Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ on the show bench. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Out in the…

13th October

…yearbook 2019 again Pages 62 – 66) as far as I can see EXCEPT that the fruits are bright red and not orange as they should be. Neither appear to…

13th April

…‘Phelan Bright’ long after the other flowers have dropped. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Flower cones on our Pilgerodendron uviferum spotted for the first time. Pilgerodendron uviferum Rhododendron monstroseanum with its first…

14th June

…book even faintly match it. Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ has similar flowers but the Wolf has variegated foliage. Clearly a very good plant in a key spot and covered in…