18th November

…trunked spreading tree. At Tregothnan they now remove the suckers each year to leave a single trunk but Lord Falmouth recommended to Dad, when he gave him this plant some…

4th January

…the garden being disrupted. Lord Falmouth’s (gifted, stolen and then replanted) Liquidambar styraciflua has lost its branches on one side from the pine branch. However Podocarpus parlatorei has lost only…

3rd October

…a seasonal muddle! Common laurel The Hydrangea aspera unknown form Lord Howick may well be the best thing in the garden today. Hydrangea aspera 2022 – CHW Cotoneaster ‘hillieri’ is…

11th November

…by Georges Hut. Photinia glabra Photinia glabra Euonymus tingens (as we think) with just three seedpods remaining to collect. Euonymus tingens Hydrangea aspera was a gift from Lord Howick in…

28th October

…Liquidambar styraciflua. Spectacular! This tree was originally a gift to my father from Lord Falmouth. Visiting later they both found it stolen. This is the replacement. Liquidambar styraciflua Quercus insignis…

27th October

…every month of the year. Rhododendron keysii Euonymus alatus with its usual spectacular colours. Euonymus alatus Hydrangea aspera from Lord Howick – a fairly insignificant flower but clearly a rarity….

8th November

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW A second visit to Tregothnan with Lord Falmouth to look at their Camellia…

4th November

…sorbus Nearby Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Worplesdon’ is turning purple at the top with odd yellow leaves at the bottom. The original plant here was stolen much to Lord Falmouth’s amusement when…

6th May

…here was a gift from Lord Falmouth which got stolen. Liquidambar styraciflua Liquidambar styraciflua One of the wonders of lockdown is finding a new plant which you had no idea…

9th March

…addressed by Lord Gardiner, a Defra Minister with strong support for culling grey squirrels to facilitate a reintroduction in Cornwall . We have red squirrels on the ground at Trelowarren…