22nd December

…macrocarpum Magnolia compressa (formally Michelia compressa) is also a vigorous evergreen. Magnolia compressa Magnolia compressa Still leaves on a Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ seedling below Donkey Shoe. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ 2022…

3rd March

…Camellia ‘Rubescens Major’ Camellia ‘Rubescens Major’ Raphiolepsis indica ‘Springtime’ Raphiolepsis indica ‘Springtime’ Ribes laevifolium ‘Amy Doncaster’ – a creeping, low growing shrub. Ribes laevifolium ‘Amy Doncaster’ Ribes laevifolium – which…

25th August

…3 trees.This keys out to Zelkova carpinifolia which has grown in obscurity for c.35 years below the Main Ride. Interesting bark. Zelkova carpinifolia Zelkova carpinifolia Zelkova carpinifolia Planted only in…

12th January

…P. matudae (female). A late and low down seed cluster on Lithocarpus pachyphyllus. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus The squirrels know that only the very largest seeds on the cluster are fertile and…

3rd January

…Dance’ Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’. Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’ Camellia japonica ‘Dr Burnside’ just out – later than usual and well out…

30th December

…coming out low down. Camellia x williamsii ‘Galaxie’ The true Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ full of bud on the bank outside the Georgian Hall. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ One of 4 plants of Rhododendron…

29th December

…serious gardening friend who will be greatly missed in many ways.The very first flowers out in the sun today on Rhododendron mucronulatum below the big Fernery. Rhododendron mucronulatum Yellow berries…

26th August

…habit due to the weight of its huge leaves. Time to prune the nearby laurel. Polyspora speciosa Polyspora speciosa Hoheria sextylosa just coming out on its lower branches but not…

10th June

…maddenii Frankie moves on! Frankie moves on! Frankie moves on! Frankie moves on! Deutzia ningpoensis below White Styles. Deutzia ningpoensis Deutzia ningpoensis Deutzia subulata. Deutzia subulata Deutzia pulchra (Roy Lancaster…

20th August

…outcome. I think the shooting from the base is from below the graft. Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ making an even better show than 10…

6th April

…‘Pussy Willow’ (Salix caprea) under Dry Walls. ‘Pussy Willow’ (Salix caprea) ‘Pussy Willow’ (Salix caprea) Cattle at rest beside the cherries under the tower. Cattle at rest Pterocarya fraxinifolia needs…

1st February

…building itself. You can just see the roof of a wooden building beside the stone one but this is low to the ground. The old playhouse roof was slated with…

5th February

…Liquidambar styraciflua Galanthus elwesii – nice potfulls. Galanthus elwesii Galanthus elwesii You would think pigs had been digging on the Tregullow lawn but it is badgers! Tregullow lawn View 5th…

10th February

…which is a slow grower and still only a large bush/ small tree. Prunus okame Prunus conradinae which is further out than the one seen yesterday but also a slow

14th February

…is quite low and it remains cold. The view through the back arch today. back arch First flowers out in the Auklandii Garden of the Tregullow form of Camellia reticulata…

16th February

…hybrid and named after dad. Narcissus ‘Mr Julian’ Magnolia campbellii and Camellia x williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’. Magnolia campbellii A lower branch of the Magnolia campbellii seedling along Crinodendron Hedge now…

17th February

…12115) Odd flowers out low down on the best 1913 planted Magnolia campbellii blown open in the east wind. Magnolia campbellii 2024 – CHW Another foul wet day (rain from…

24th February

…‘Golden Oriole Busaco’ Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole Busaco’ The huge Magnolia campbellii seedling has now blown open even low down. Magnolia campbellii seedling Magnolia campbellii seedling Magnolia campbellii seedling Finishing up…

28th February

…CHW A visit to Tregullow on an extremely wet day.Tregullow’s Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedling by their back door is incredibly early and more covered in flowers than I have ever seen…

6th March

…Torch’ with the yellow glow just really on the opening bud. Many more flowers here than ever before and a real show today. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s…