23rd March

‘Charles Raffill’ is coming out. Very similar to Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ I think. Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’ Another young Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ with its first ever flower. Magnolia…

18th May

…Guy Hands, Geraldine Hammond, Brenda Blethyn & Charles Williams at Chelsea 2015 Brenda Blethyn at Chelsea 2015 The Prince’s Trust, who are Terra Firma’s business charity, have a list of…

19th April

…pink Rhododendron arboreum at Donkey Shoe which was planted as ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ which it probably is not. Sir Charles has a white flower according to the reference books but…

9th March

…‘Vulcan’ and Magnolia campbelli ‘Charles Raffill’. Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ and Magnolia campbelli ‘Charles Raffill’ Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ has a dwarfish habit. Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ The view over the…

16th April

…leaf. A rare newly introduced species not in Hilliers. Tilia paucicostata Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ is seldom quite as floriferous as this as a young plant. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir…

13th May

…ravages of phytophthera unlike many others here and in other key woodland gardens – especially Windsor. Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ The last survivors of the big…

3rd September

…of Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ is now dead. Rhododendron ‘Charles Michael’ 2016 – CHW A visit by Harry Watkins who is writing a PhD paper on magnolias. A very wet afternoon…

Tom Hudson – Camellia cuspidata saga!

…and Gary Long (Head of Trewithen Gardens and Parks & Director of the International Camellia Society). Tom’s initial response to my request 15th Feb:- Charles/Gary Tom Hudson’s image I hadn’t…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Hydrangeas

…16:12 To: Charles Williams PA Subject: HYdrangeas Hello Charles, The reply from Maurice was interesting on a couple of points. But as he pointed out the latest taxonomic revision doesn’t…

12th February

…to live in to drive our businesses and attract new customers to Caerhays Gardens and Burncoose Nurseries. How JCW and my great uncle Charles would have hated this sort of…