…Walk. The colour fades to creamy white and becomes less exciting. Another plant on Rookery Path which is not showing yet. Rhododendron praestans 2017 – CHW Another sunny day. Only…

…in the hall. What a vase of magnolias! What would any RHS show give for this. vase of flowers in the hall 2016 – CHW Despite a few ‘crispy’ mornings…

…the garden at Trewithen with Gary Long and Tom Hudson. Crisp but sunny late pm.A plant which Jennifer Trehane calls Camellia cuspidata var cuspidata (or C. cuspidata to mere mortals!)….

…Cold but sunny.Emerging Hemerocallis leaves eaten by rabbits or pheasants. Hemerocallis A couple of decent young Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ below Rogers Quarry. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia…

…hedgerows around corn and maize fields after harvest and recolonise woodland areas with over mature trees (ie holes) and existing dreys. On sunny days when going around the garden you…

…these early cherries are! Prunus ‘Kursar’ Prunus ‘Kursar’ 2019 – CHW A fine sunny day just above freezing but warm weather follows next week. I am told by one of…

…van Veen’. 2018 – CHW A fine and sunny day at last and we have managed to break the back of this year’s new planting. The more tender plants for…

…warm and sunny. Camellias look magnificent. 1997 – FJW Garden completely different from 100 years ago. Very cold – a little flower on Tree Heath on the bank. Very few…

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…good our new seedling actually is. Camellia saluenensis Camellia saluenensis A few more flowers out on Magnolia campbellii var. alba ‘Strybing White’ on a sunny day with blue sky. Magnolia…

…‘Cinnamon Cindy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ 2022 – CHW Warm and sunny still with a few bumblebees confused by the weather. Good to see. Is spring here? The birds think so!…

…Higher Quarry Nursery is complete. A Schefflera rhododendrifolia is in the centre. Some of the big leafed rhodos still look cold and frumped up but a fine sunny day to…

…Plan Planting progresses Planting progresses 2022 – CHW Warm and sunny but chilly at night.Dicksonia antarctica growing out of an elderly Camellia japonica. Dicksonia antarctica I was quite wrong a…

…brief sunny periods. Rhododendron Golden Orieole var ‘Talavera’ is a Caerhays hybrid between Rhododendron moupinense and Rhododendron lutescens. Short lived and not hugely floriferous but it has lovely smooth bark….

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…interesting. The plant is only flowering on its sunny side and is very different in leaf to Maddenia hypoleuca. It is clear that Maddenias were introduced here from old planting…

…A very harsh wind, next to no frost. 1926 – JCW Hardish frost last night. Cam sasanqua holds yet. Cotoneaster salicifolia is very good indeed but requires a sunny day….

…Sunny days but near freezing by night with a full moon of late. Magnolia campbellii The now pruned up Cedrus deodara by Tin Garden. Interesting bark. The twigs are less…

…At last a still and sunny day!One of the new tanks to be installed in the nursery to capture roof water. tanks The new multi span tunnel is now covered…

…orders and, for once, a sunny day (at last). Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ in the cash point. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ Camellia japonica ‘Grand Slam’ also by the till. This is the…