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…

Magnolias and Climate Change at Caerhays

Magnolias and Climate Change at Caerhays? In this absurdly early spring where the magnolias first started coming out on 2nd January, at least a month before all known records, and…

10th June

…holiday lets. Caerhays Estate stand Caerhays Estate stand Things were getting a bit alcoholic by the time we got to the Game & Wildlife Conservation stand to launch the Cornish…

12th March 1897 – 2020

…colours on either side. The gales a few days ago are to blame but what a carpet today! Magnolia ‘Caerhays Philip’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Philip’ First very early flowers on Rhododendron…

4th March 1897 – 2020

‘Caerhays Splendour’ at its peak today. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ just starting. Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ Magnolia…

9th March

…frost damage below White Styles. frost damage Magnolia ‘Susannah Van Veen’ – the New Zealand cross akin to ‘Caerhays Belle’. Magnolia ‘Susannah Van Veen’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’…

3rd May

…visited Caerhays in April 1919 (as attached). Philip Tregunna won the RHS Reginald Cory cup for Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ (the best new plant bred or introduced to cultivation that year)…

27th March 1897 – 2020

…since 2006. Well done Rob Toy! M. ‘Lanarth’ NZ Form Selection of individual blooms MAGNOLIA ‘Darjeeling’ MAGNOLIA ‘Shirazz’ MAGNOLIA ‘Caerhays Surprise’ MAGNOLIA ‘Caerhays Surprise’ MAGNOLIA ‘Ruth’, ‘Philip Tregunna’ & ‘Lanarth’…

19th April

…meet its, self-imposed, target of testing 100,000 people a day by the end of April. Surprise, surprise! Perhaps the public health service is not quite so wonderful after all? It…

13th March

…original Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ has, thankfully, escaped the frost reasonably well particularly lower down. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ First flowers on Magnolia x loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ outside the…

15th June

…2024 – CHW The preparations of the Caerhays Charity Fete are well in hand for tomorrow. preparations of the Caerhays Charity Fete preparations of the Caerhays Charity Fete Then to…

19th November

…It was the remarkable mineral collection recently discovered at Caerhays Castle in Cornwall, however, that stood out to the judges. The Williams Caerhays Mineral collection is the product of generations…

2nd March 1897 – 2020

…this early stage. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ at its absolute best. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ A young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ – breathtaking today in the sun. Magnolia ‘Caerhays

28th February 1897 – 2020

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

12th February 1897 – 2020

…‘human interest’ story for the media too at Chelsea in May. Age of Rhododendrons At Caerhays What a week of self indulgent PR! All bollocks really, as Dad would say,…

5th February 1897 – 2020

…arch has now reached its zenith after it started on 2nd January. View through the arch Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ has the first few flowers out by the arch. Magnolia ‘Caerhays

7th March

…x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Caerhays Surprise’ is now call Magnolia ‘Black Swan’. Also above Crinodendron Hedge….

21st March

…Margaret’ which should have been named ‘Windsor Surprise’ but for the princesses’ intervention. Caerhays bred along with ‘Kew Surprise’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Princess Margaret’ The true, original,…

23rd September

…start of the work until February 2022. It was undertaken by two local contractors based and living on the Caerhays Estate who completed the work in May after a wet…

25th April

…the drive of Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’ which won the magnolia cup at Rosemoor. New Zealand bred and of similar parentage to ‘Caerhays Surprise’. A lovely colour and very late. Magnolia…