9th April

…Magnolia ‘Solar Flair’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’ – in the three sprays class from Caerhays. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’ – in the three sprays class from Caerhays. Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’ Magnolia…

8th April

…classes for 12 vases. The main display classes for 12 vases The Caerhays magnolia exhibits which were ‘Best in Show’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’. Magnolia…

24th March

…Court’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’. Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Another Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ at her best. Magnolia ‘Princess…

20th March

…Magnolia campbellii ‘Princess Margaret’ at its best. Magnolia campbellii ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ nearly at its best on the way to George’s Hut. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum just…

14th February

…has had to be cut back as well. Eriobotrya deflexa A branch from the Maackia had earlier hit a nearby Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ which lost its top but is recovering….

1st May

…a huge tree which was so good here 40 years ago. Prunus ‘Shirofugen’ A tail end flower on Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’. Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’ New leaf on Quercus phellos by…

2nd October

…estate office walls.AM Rhododendron ‘Maisie’ (Jamie’s cross) AM Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ (Dad & Philip Tregunna’s cross of many years ago) FCC Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ (Jaimie’s cross) FCC Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’…

13th January

…bashed about. Camellia sasanqua Quercus chapensis (seed from China and a gift from Margaret Miles) is doing well. Quercus chapensis The older Embothrium above Roger’s Quarry is virtually dead as…

18th October

…its last legs. Perhaps 10 years left? Magnolia salicifolia Tucked away in shelter is Quercus chapensis which was a gift from Margaret Miles. Older leaves different in shape to the…

11th February

…over on a young Camellia transnokoensis. Camellia transnokoensis A gift from Margaret Miles of an unknown species of Eriobotrya collected originally in North Vietnam. Fully evergreen but not very like…

27th July

…than we have sold this dwarf one with blue flowers, Hebe ‘Margaret’, looks good here today. 2015 – CHW Rain overnight and looking bad first thing but I managed a…

6th May

…bahuiniflorum and Magnolia ‘Daphne’ and Rhododendron ‘Damaris’. Rhododendron bahuiniflorum The new growth on Quercus chapensis from seed grown by Margaret Miles from a conference in China in 2015. Gorgeous reddish-black…

14th April

…send off but didn’t hang about in the gale afterwards. No wake so Simon Trudgeon and I had our own! Sadly Margaret Retallack broke her hip over the weekend and…

14th March

…Sensation Mr Julian and Betty Jessel Magnolia Mr Julian and Caerhays Splendour Magnolia Margaret Helen Magnolia Charles Raffill Magnolia Caerhays Surprise Magnolia Apollo Magnolia Apollo Magnolia Display of x_williamsii camellias…

27th February 1897 – 2020

…hybrid. Quite nice. Magnolia ‘Frank Gladney’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ is well worth growing and reminds me a little of Magnolia ‘Margaret Helen’. Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor…