30th March

…improvement on the pinks and well worth growing. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Champaign’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Champaign’ Wild collected Rhododendron racemosum in Old Park flowering especially well. Rhododendron racemosum Rhododendron racemosum…

17th October

…CHW Leslie Baker told me he had his first flower on his Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ so I visited our original tree (as it now is) today in the…

12th October

…The first flowers on our recently planted white Lapageria. white Lapageria The pink one in flower beside it. pink Lapageria 2022 – CHW The Liquidambar’s start to turn colour. Liquidambar’s…

19th December

…known as ‘Cornish Snow Michael’. Earlier into flower than the more commonly grown form and without the purplish tint on the leaves. A hint of pink on a few of…

8th October

…this time of the year. Also planted last spring. Buddleia heliophila Buddleia heliophila Buddleia heliophila Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ has even darker rich, pinkish-red bark than the quite…

12th January

…CHW Camellia japonica ‘Volunteer’ is out early with quite a variation in the colour of its flowers as you can see here. Some redder and some pinker. Pinker ones turn…

27th August

…Again avoid the few flowers still showing their original and correct flower colours. pinkish then changing to purple hydrangea pinkish then changing to purple hydrangea pinkish then changing to purple…

5th January

…now full out in the rain. Nearby Euchryphia ‘Pink Clouds’ still has a single flower on it. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ The large Drimys winteri has a mass…

23rd July

…Queen’ has large florets which should show pink tinges later. More vigorous aged 25 years than ‘Snowflake’ and is said to hold its flower trusses better. However, on Hovel Cart…

2nd September

…grown well in the nursery but sadly no flowers in the summer. Bignonia capreolata Bignonia capreolata Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ with just a hint of pink. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ Hydrangea paniculata…