…excellent. Rhododendron viscosum ‘Mermaid’ Rhododendron viscosum ‘Mermaid’ Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – apricot form. Covered in flower below the Fernery. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Sorbus hemsleyi ‘John Bond’ growing away well. Sorbus…

…x loebneri ‘Raspberry Ice’ below the fernery. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Merrill’ Then off to the Royal Cornwall Showground to judge at the Cornwall Garden Society spring show 2022. I was…

…the sport of ‘Donation’ called Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’ by George’s Hut. Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’ A dead branch in a clump of Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ A…

…from The Royal Cornwall Gazette dated 13th February 1868. A clear win in court for John Michael Williams. The Royal Cornwall Gazette dated 13th February 1868 Attached is a letter…

…Caerhays videos on a large screen has been revamped this spring. The Royal Institute/ Royal Cornwall Museum was chucking out its mineral cabinets and we rescued a couple and rebuilt…

…‘William Hertrich’, ‘Lila Naff’ & ‘Royalty’ – 1st C. ‘William Hertrich’, ‘Lila Naff’ & ‘Royalty’ – 1st Any Miniature one bloom C. Lipstick – 1st Any Reticulata species or hybrid…

…flower before the leaves emerge this year which is not always the case. Magnolia x proctoriana Magnolia x proctoriana Magnolia x proctoriana Magnolia x proctoriana Magnolia stellata ‘Royal Star’ has…

…and much better than the light blue of the commoner form. Teucrium fruiticosum ‘Azureum’ Magnolia ‘Royal Purple’ – one final flower. Other than the yellows virtually all the magnolias have…

…– CHW A tour of Old Park with 2 of the 4 grandchildren; Isla and Bea.Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ – another one out in the Kitchen Garden. Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ The…

…Battery Walk Arch Battery Walk Arch Battery Walk Arch Prunus ‘Jo-Nioi’ at its best by the garden entrance. Prunus ‘Jo-Nioi’ Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ with its first flower at the sales…

…red buds opening to white. Malus ‘Gorgeous’ Malus ‘Van Eseltine’ – a bit wind damaged. Malus ‘Van Eseltine’ Malus ‘Royal ‘Raindrops’ – a good red. Malus ‘Royal ‘Raindrops’ Malus ‘Professor…

…seedlings Rhododendron royalii (pink form) was looking superb today but sadly is too far out for Chelsea. Rhododendron royalii Rhododendron royalii Flowers on the Daphniphyllum macropodum on the drive are…

…too. Sadly over but look like Enkianthus campanulatus. 1990 – FJW First 12 hour soak for some time. Wet Royal Cornwall. Rho’s out – micranthum, stamineum, decorum, Tally Ho x’s….

…– CHW The first Royal Cornwall Show in three years. Plenty of people but fewer exhibitors and heavy rain from 12.00 although only drizzle forecast from 3pm. A peculiar variegated…

…Burncoose stand in the flower tent at the Royal Cornwall Show. The High Sherrif of Cornwall (Geraint Richards) with Justin Orchard Rhododendron maddenii just coming out with gorgeous scent. Rhododendron…

…villosa var laevis 1943 – CW Fuchsias and lapagerias good. Very few auriculatum hybrids left – Yellowhammer picked a bunch for Aunt Charlotte. Three vases of Royal Flush in hall….

…and a little later than usual. This small tree looked horrid in the drought years. Lomatia ferruginea 2023 – CHW The Royal Isle of Wight County Show. Met Alan Titchmarsh…

…on older leaves. No sign of any acorns. Beside it is Tilia mongolica (bought from Duchy Nurseries at the end of a Royal Cornwall Show 15 or so years ago)…

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…tree was bought for us by Trevor Wright at the end of a Royal Cornwall Show. I had always thought it was Tilia henryana but knew for years that its…