3rd October

…into flower than I remember. Camellia sinensis Camellia sinensis Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ not only has gently variegated leaves but also flowers that are a contrasting white and pink. An attractive…

9th August

…very few. evidence of rabbits Ross has felled a dead sycamore above Burns Bank. dead sycamore Tom Hudson’s pink Magnolia delavayi. Magnolia delavayi Kitchen garden harrowed to remove more weeds…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Fagacaea

…yunnanensis Quercus affinis from Mexico with acorns forming. Quercus affinis Quercus affinis Calycanthus chinensis (formerly Sinocalycanthus chinensis) with its last pink tinged flowers and huge leaves. The buds are rather…

22nd December

…Peep’ – yellow form also now has two single flowers above the Hovel and opposite the pink form. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ – yellow form Not as many out from perhaps…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 4)

…Poor picture. Magnolia sargentiana multipetala Magnolia ‘Hella Doyle’ – smallish single pink flowers on a huge tree. Good new thing! Unusual. Magnolia ‘Hella Doyle’ The Ambrose memorial planting of a…

30th December

…Platycarya strobilacea Camellia champetre ‘Cinnamon Candy’ is a cross between Camellia japonica ‘Kenyotae’ and Camellia lutchuensis. Just coming out and, as yet, no cinnamon scent to the flowers. Buds pinkish….

2nd April

…Red’ A very good clump of Rhododendron calophytum. Some pure white and some with a hint of pink just above the Beech Walk path. Rhododendron calophytum Rhododendron calophytum 2017 –…

3rd November

…– CHW The berries on this Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ really are now salmon-pink having started yellow. Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Rhododendron ‘Polyroy’ has a set of tertiary flowers….

6th November

…The bell itself is dated 1813. Scaffolding Caerhays Bell – 1813 Caerhays Bell in Tower 2015 – CHW No diary entry for 2015. 1995 – FJW November Pink and Noblissima…