1st March

…‘Susanna van Veen’ ‘Susanna van Veen’ ‘Susanna van Veen’ This is the ‘Caerhays Belle’ nearby as it looks today. Belle is a much bigger tree and quicker growing though. ‘Caerhays

1st May

…Day’s parents) still in tight bud. Rhododendron griersonianum Rhododendron davidsonianum ‘Caerhays Pink’ is a very good form of this variable species. Rhododendron davidsonianum ‘Caerhays Pink’ Merriliopanax alpinus (BSWJ 13939) with…

9th March

…Last viewing of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ before the storms. These photographs were taken at 4.30pm. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ 2018 – CHW A filthy day with persistent rain….

1st April

…clips of plants in the garden for my vlog this week, Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’, Podocarpus salignus & Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ a cross by our Head Gardener Phillip Tregunna in the…

3rd March

…less ‘red’ in it and I tend to agree but what a plant none the less! Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ from the…

13th February

‘Caerhays Belle’ which is unnamed is looking good outside the front gate in the sun. The flowers are smaller and darker than ‘Caerhays Belle’ but this is not bad for…

14th April

…Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ (Magnolia ‘Galaxy’ x Magnolia ‘Toro’) flowering properly for the first time. Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia…

24th April

…MAGNOLIA ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Pink Surprise’ MAGNOLIA ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Pink Surprise’ (unnamed hybrid). This horror is a surprise alright and gets my vote as the most…

28th February

…The first flowering of the young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the bank outside the front door is now at its best. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’…

21st March

…‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Princess Margaret’ which should have been named ‘Windsor Surprise’ but for the princesses’ intervention. Caerhays bred along with ‘Kew Surprise’. Magnolia campbellii…