Magnolias and Climate Change at Caerhays? In this absurdly early spring where the magnolias first started coming out on 2nd January, at least a month before all known records, and…

…itself is the distinguishing feature. This can clearly cause a bit of confusion.Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ is very lovely. Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter…

…rhodos everywhere on a coldish but sunny day with no wind. We need rain in the next week or there will be casualties in the spring planting. It is turning…

…plants for planting out this spring in various different locations. Karol and Asia Some of the outside beds are now looking a bit thin and empty but there are plenty…

…Planting of the start of the new Malus collection can now proceed in the spring. Kitchen Garden Kitchen Garden Kitchen Garden Then to Old Park to view drought casualties. drought…

…and not that many of them. Camellia ‘Kick Off’ Camellia ‘Spring Formal’ is a Nuccio introduction from 1986 which seems, with us, to be a sparse flowerer. Camellia ‘Spring Formal’…

…Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ A decent sized Magnolia wilsonii has failed to leaf up and died. I fear caught by the cold in February with the sap rising…

…above the gunnera bed. Rhododendron morii The last camellia in flower on the sasanquas bank is Camellia ‘Spring Fling’ . Camellia ‘Spring Fling’ Annoyingly the label has gone from this…

…campbellii Had a visit from ITV crew yesterday about a ‘Spring has sprung’ feature as part of the Cornwall Spring Story, see the report and news clip here. 2018 –…

…planted in the Kitchen Garden in the late 1950s by my father had been scheduled and planned for the spring of 2020. The pandemic delayed the start of the work…