13th April

…quite excellent as usual. Rhododendron ‘Harry Tagg’ More yellows in the afternoon in Penvergate.The spreading Magnolia ‘Limelight’ below the tower. Magnolia ‘Limelight’ Magnolia ‘Limelight’ Magnolia ‘Limelight’ Magnolia officinalis var. biloba…

25th August

…weighted across the road by the Tower. Without this uplift it would have eventually collapsed. pruned Prunus mahaleb The largest tree in the new Rookery clearing is now down so…

6th April

…the cherries under the tower. Cattle at rest Pterocarya fraxinifolia needs a ‘lot of room’ as Lord Falmouth (now aged 100) told Dad when he gave him this plant 35…

6th November

…The bell itself is dated 1813. Scaffolding Caerhays Bell – 1813 Caerhays Bell in Tower 2015 – CHW No diary entry for 2015. 1995 – FJW November Pink and Noblissima…

7th November

tower. Erica hybrida is in flower. 1919 – JCW A good few roses. Hydrangeas good. Autumn colours remain, the weather is slowly breaking and is now cold. Cotoneaster salicifolia begins…

12th April

…time we met. I suspect this all has some way to go yet. new sluice gate in Penvergate Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ is just coming into flower by the tower….

31st October

…Malus planting plan based on ultimate size and shape etc. Daffodil planting Daffodil planting Azalea luteum and Cotoneaster franchetii in the sun below the tower. Cotoneaster franchetii A few secondary…

1st November

…Camellia oleifera Camellia oleifera Camellia oleifera 2016 – CHW Below the tower today with lots to see.Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ has turned a brownish yellow in this autumn. An odd…

14th July

…clearing above the old dog kennels. One more oak to fell Fuchsia magellanica ‘Lady Bacon’ is easily the best of the magellanica varieties sold by Burncoose. Below the tower here…

5th February

…Ceanothus arboreus ‘Trewithen Blue’ below the Tower. Ceanothus arboreus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Snowdrops amid the Gunnera manicata plantation below Kitchen Garden. Snowdrops Frankie was working on a Saturday and had cleared…