…Garden Society Show yesterday by a TV celebrity gardening presenter who I had never heard of. Apparently he married his bearded male partner at the Chelsea Flower Show recently. His…

…or on Chelsea. We hardly get any direct orders at Chelsea now anyway. Our sponsors, Terra Firma, are fine with this and are happy to defer to 2022.All rather strange…

…incinerator 2020 – CHW Incredibly mild and sea fret overnight under a full moon. The camellias are rushing out day by day in the warmth and sun of unlocked down…

…2016 – CHW A day of drizzle and thick sea fog which sadly never lifted for the wedding party in the tent below the lawn. You could not even see…

…heavy rain from midday. Above Orchid House Nursery the dead Neolitsea sericea has blown over onto a dead rhododendron. dead Neolitsea sericea Jaimie and his team have removed the ivy…

…damage lower down to Persea thunbergii. Yellow leaves but some red new growth. The older original plant in more shade looks fine. Persea thunbergii Persea thunbergii Podocarpus parlatorei making rapid…

…Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea Puya dyckioides Puya dyckioides Puya dyckioides Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Strelitzia reginae in flower outside on a dry bank…

…‘Flora of Cornwall’ it was first recorded in 1832 and only 25 sightings in Cornwall since 1999 and none on the map as anywhere near Caerhays.Calystegia soldanella (Sea Bindweed) which…

…but is now flowering in the autumn out of season which does not bode well. Huge swollen buds and one rather pathetic flower. Magnolia campbellii ‘Copeland Court’ 2022 – CHW…

…at Canterbury Cathedral Queen’s Green Canopy Planting Ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral 20 October 2022 2021 – CHW Viburnum rhytidophyllum flowering out of season or secondary flowers? It should be out…