6th June

…very healthy plant. Magnolia ‘Pride of Norway’ Magnolia ‘Pride of Norway’ Just above it are two Magnolia ‘Pride of Norway’ which look like an improved or selected form of Magnolia…

1st August

…the drought but the large acorn clusters survive. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Lithocarpus pachyphyllus I have been puzzled about these 2 trees besides Charlie Michael’s Nursery for years. They are both Carya…

5th September

…Scouts and Hospice Scouts and Hospice. Tregony Primary School & St. Michaels Church Caerhays also received similar large donations. Scouts and Hospice The party in the hall for all those…

11th June

…event putting Cornwall on the map – assuming nothing goes wrong in the next three days!Two granite gateposts destined for the gateway to the new graveyard extension at St Michaels

1st December

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW (images to follow) An interesting article about the restoration of St Michaels Church,…

27th April

…others were squashed by a fir cone laden branch last August. Not as yellow as our ‘Michaels Pride’ which is not out yet but more scented. RHODODENDRON ‘May Day’ RHODODENDRON…

8th May

…(yunnanense x ‘Trewithen Orange’) the colour sums up how I feel today! 1990 – FJW First sign of rain since Easter Sunday – Michaels Pride nearly over. Azaleas in Drive…

2nd October

…(New Zealand bred) FCC Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ (Charlie Michael retired as head gardener in 1955 and I suspect that this had never been exhibited for an award before)The recommendations from…

4th October

…Another (German) williamsianum hybrid Another (German) williamsianum hybrid I missed photographing a single secondary flower on Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ which I have never seen do this before and, worse still,…

8th September

…unnamed rhododendron Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ with secondary flowers in a nursery bed. I have not seen this before. Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ Rhododendron ‘Bowjingles’ with a flower or two. Rhododendron ‘Bowjingles’…