…the mist this magnolia campbellii above Crinodendron Hedge is suddenly full out high up. Totally unfrosted and a good colour. magnolia campbellii The first bud opens on Magnolia ‘F.J. Williams’….

…williamsii ‘November Pink’ full out by the mist houses. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Azalea ‘Kirin’ with a few unusually premature flowers. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Lagerstroemia indica ‘Rhapsody in Pink’ living…

…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ showing colour in the mist. Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Magnolia campbellii from afar in the mizzle. Magnolia campbellii 2018 – CHW Between meetings a quick…

…dug out this year having died of old age and starvation in the ground and tarmac. A variety known in Japan from 1719. Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ The mist benches…

…before. Michelia doltsopa Our Magnolia sapaensis does have golden velvety new growth buds. Looking at Jim Gardiner’s International Dendrology Society (IDS) lecture I mistakenly thought ours did not. Magnolia sapaensis…

…‘Chinese Garden’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ Amid the sea mist a tent for another wedding on Beach Meadow. wedding on Beach Meadow…

…mistakenly planted in full sun. M. cuneifolia was, I thought, true to name when it first flowered (and has died). It had erect and very different flowers. M. flexuosa might…

…long drive with the roads clogged so I assume helicopters but have heard nothing yet tonight? Another day of sea mist and drizzle.Our landscape team finally finished working at 6.30pm…

…limb has cracked off an oak opposite the mist houses. A branch had been pruned out high up years ago and water had seeped into the next branch down. Not…

…out on the pure white form of Staphylea holocarpa. We do not have the white form (yet) growing at Caerhays. Staphylea holocarpa In the mist houses I find (hidden away)…