23rd July

…a Lamium or a Teucrium. Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica The view from Ventonveth to Corwenna hills which we restored from scrub in the 1990s. Corwenna hill The hedges are a…

26th October

…2017. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis Violets in flower above the top wall. Violets A variegated Cornus with mole damage. The mole hill has covered the graft in soil and this…

16th May

…but here top-grafted so it has remained the same size for 20 years. SORBUS ‘Hilling Spire’ SORBUS ‘Hilling Spire’ Sorbus ‘Hilling Spire’ – this plant was a present from Trevor…

6th April

…flowers: Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Cloud’ (‘Majestic’) Amelanchier laevis ‘Snow Cloud’ (‘Majestic’) Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’ Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’ Amelanchier ‘La Paloma’ F.C.C. –…

1st March

…snow piling up on the lawn. Yes, it really is 1st March and the first day of Spring. About -7, -8C with windchill. The lake is starting to freeze at…

12th May

…Medlars by James Phipps. Not in Hillier’s either? Crataegus jozana First flower on Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’. Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ Acer sterculiaceum subsp. sterculiaceum in Kennel Close. The same bronzy hue…

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…stand). Camellia japonica ‘Tammia’ Camellia japonica ‘Park Hill Tomorrow’ which we have on Burns Bank I think (on Strete Gate stand). Camellia japonica ‘Park Hill Tomorrow’ C. Other plants at…

14th March

…Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ just starting but wind damaged overnight. Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta in its pomp. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia…

28th March

…Magnolia ‘Old Port’ 2023 – CHW A Brookland Travel tour today with Andy McIndoe, formally MD of Hilliers, and an elderly group.Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitchii’ at its stunning best….

31st March

…‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’ with a hint of pink in bud. I had not noticed this before in the nursery. Amelanchier grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’…