19th October

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ – a month early above Rogers Quarry. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Plenty of flowers for next spring on Lindera megaphylla. Lindera megaphylla Last week Edward Bolitho…

25th December

…williamsii ‘J C Williams’ The clump of Zantedeschia aethiopica outside my office are in rude health! Zantedeschia aethiopica A tail end and unusually late flower on Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’….

13th December

…loo. Tree heather cut back and ivy off the wall. clear up above the gents loo The second Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ is full out in a pot by the…

16th May

…CHW I rather rate the economic journalist, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. He writes bluntly. Here are a few paragraphs from his recent article in The Telegraph which sit pretty comfortably with those…

22nd May

…John Hill from Burncoose Nurseries, Gemma Arterton, Gabby Evans from the Prince’s Trust Enterprise Programme, Charles Williams from Burncoose Nurseries, Hannah Arterton and Guy Hands from Terra Firma Details Above…

4th October

…Sunset’ Camellia ‘Dazzler’ now full out. Other Camellia sasanquas out today included ‘Hugh Evans’. Camellia ‘Dazzler’ Camellia ‘Dazzler’ Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ with its attractively mottled autumn leaves. Cercis canadensis…

26th December

…at Gorwell near Barnstaple I was struck by how far ahead of him we are here. He showed sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ (long over) and (just starting) sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ which…

9th November

…well in a vase with Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’. Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’ The view out over Porthluney Beach from the Isla Rose Plantation at about 4pm today. view The first…

17th January

…Camellia ‘Imbricata’ A small self-sown Camellia saluenensis seedling near a huge clump of Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ (above Rogers Quarry) is clearly an interesting little cross. It has grown up…