…out in the sun today:Magnolia ‘Apollo’ – just coming out. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ The unknown/unnamed magnolia seedling created by Philip Tregunna which I thought a fortnight ago was not worth naming…

…survived but there is plenty of Lonicera nitida and 30 to 40 year old self-sown saplings of ash and sycamore. Frankie Tregunna will bring his large swing shovel with Ross…

…magnolias. However we move on to plant up the Tin Garden in the memory of my father mainly with plants bred and raised here by him and Philip Tregunna between…

…since 2006. Well done Rob Toy! M. ‘Lanarth’ NZ Form Selection of individual blooms MAGNOLIA ‘Darjeeling’ MAGNOLIA ‘Shirazz’ MAGNOLIA ‘Caerhays Surprise’ MAGNOLIA ‘Caerhays Surprise’ MAGNOLIA ‘Ruth’, ‘Philip Tregunna’ & ‘Lanarth’…

…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’…

…‘Kew’s Surprise’ Second sibling seedling of M. ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Two of Philip Tregunna’s hybrids to assess again as they start to open:Planted 1985 Magnolia sargentiana robusta x ‘Lanarth’ – by…

…and Mag Philip Tregunna good colour, not so Diva + seedlings. 1995 – FJW Very mild and wet winter now interrupted by a cold snap. Fate of Magnolia back in…

…flowered. Several still to go which is interesting. 2000 – FJW Very wet and stormy indeed. 1984 – FJW Flash (19) died today – a great companion for Philip Tregunna…

…by Philip Tregunna and named to celebrate the opening of Burncoose Nurseries in 1984. The cross was between Camellia saluenensis and Camellia japonica ‘Gauntlettii’. Clematis uncinata climbing up through a…

…from the old record tree by Philip Tregunna circa 40 years ago. Lithocarpus cleistocarpa Dendropanax japonicus with a seed head below Donkey Shoe. Still unripe and we missed the earlier…

…Pink’ and perhaps Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ which are not in her first book of magnolia paintings. The sea rages. gale is battering the castle front Meanwhile, in the gale, a…

…Rhododendron decorum Camellia ‘New Venture’ (C. japonica x C. ‘Gauntlettii’) named in honour of the opening of Burncoose Nurseries 41 years ago by Philip Tregunna is full out by HQN…

…load of seed out before Chairman Mao took over. No idea how they got here but they were never named. Philip Tregunna moved a few to new locations years ago…

…corallina). These plants were Forrest introductions after all and I would rate Philip Tregunna’s original identification before those of more recent, and very differing, identifications from various subsequent experts. I…

…is the brother of the former head gardener here, Philip Tregunna. All Tregunnas do a fantastically neat job! No mess No mess Sadly the east wind has blown a couple…

…only four since 1895. This is perhaps the secret of Caerhays’ continuous development. Mr Martin, Charles Michael, Philip Tregunna and now since 1996 Jaimie Parsons. All have probably done far…

…another species. Philip Tregunna argued that we once had Castanopsis chrysophylla (today Chrysolepis chrysophylla) as a third species, but I have my doubts as this is a species originating from…

…magnolia hybrid new magnolia hybrid A vase of Magnolia ‘F J Williams’, Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ and Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’. vase of Magnolia Removing the potholes from the Porthluney beach car…

…that his predecessor, Philip Tregunna, gave up on these when I started doing the planting on days when it suited me and without him! RHODODENDRON Royalii hybrids RHODODENDRON Royalii hybrids…

…also from afar. Viburnum globosum The youngish Quercus cleistocarpa with its silvery new growth above Hovel Cart Road. Philip Tregunna grew this as a cutting off the old tree. Quercus…