19th October

…yet smelling unpleasant. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Symphoricarpos albus has clusters of white ‘snowberries’ on the lawn although in full shade here. My mother made us…

12th December

…– JCW Erica hybrida is opening, some Magnolia delavayi bud show white and Eucryphia pinnatifolia has been put out for autumn colour only. 1923 – JCW Cotoneaster salicifolia is first,…

The Cornwall Garden Society spring show

…but it contained many new and unusual species (six pictured here). Alseuosmia macrophylla – reddish fuchsia-like flowers. Alseuosmia macrophylla Alseuosmia macrophylla Leucopogon fasciculatus – tiny white flowers in profusion. Leucopogon…

6th December

…very heavy , moors have taken a lot of water. 1932 – JCW No Camellia japonica open but the double white. Cold S.E wind has started and is severe around…

20th August

…door. Rho auriculatum going over but many of the white hybrids at their best. Magnolia delavayi, grandiflora and grandiflora var Goliath all good. A few Parviflora left. Odd out of…

1st January

…Lilly White, C Imperati, C Coum, Habrothammus, 1 snowdrop, not half the daffs show a sign, Solanum well out, Iris stylosa good. 1898 – JCW Narcissus, C Coum, Snowdrops in…

2nd February

…near white Magnolia campbellii near Tin Garden. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii 2016 – CHW A fine example of what a roe buck can do with its horns to a camellia…

27th April

…Johnstone’. Prunus ‘Gyoiku’ is a wonderful green and white and plastered in flower. Prunus ‘Gyoiku’ Prunus ‘Gyoiku’ Prunus mahaleb is in a key spot below the tower but I have…

27th September

…Bertil Hylmö. Since they are all planted fairly close together below White Styles I guess we should try to propagate from cuttings rather than seed.Cotoneaster tengyuehensis. Forrest collected this on…

26th November

…now full out. It is the upright growing single white one. All the others still have a flower or two left but are largely now over. Camellia sasanquas Camellia sasanquas…