…for a bit doing something useful and productive? Those with children and elderly relatives at home are already voting with their feet and who can blame them. My busy March…

…outside the back yard are simply perfect! Magical even. This one is on the mound through the arch. An unnamed seedling between Magnolia campbellii and Magnolia mollicomata. on the mound…

Next Day > < Previous Day Return to Current Entries CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2020 – CHW Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ through the arch. Magnolia ‘Caerhays…

…of the old Camellia sasanquas through the arch is now out about a month after the first ones showed colour. These flowers are larger than the others and a few…

…set of seeds which are still far from ripe. Tilia maximowicziana Tilia maximowicziana Catalpa bignonoides is now full out at 40-50ft in height outside the arch. This plant once grew…

Next Day > < Previous Day View 14th March 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW I have never seen the magnolias…

…they have found a Cornus kousa with huge fruits on just one limb and a Magnolia ‘March till Frost’ with plenty of secondary flowers. Cornus kousa Cornus kousa Magnolia ‘March…

…(yellow) never set seed. When he found that it did he grew them and we now have a clump of four adult plants outside the arch. One of the two…

…2022 – CHW The Magnolia campbellii seedling through the arch suddenly has a few flowers today after a breezy night. Magnolia campbellii seedling Magnolia campbellii seedling Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ and…

…collection here. new plants new plants The Magnolia campbellii seedling by the arch has opened a lot more in four days. Looking good beside the Azalea ‘Hinomayo’. Magnolia campbellii seedling…

…‘Fairy Bush’ 2024 – CHW Magnolias rush out after a night of wind and rain showers.The view from the front door over the arch by the back yard. view from…

…campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ crossed with Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’ Pruning the Hydrangea seemanii and Camellia sasanqua by and over the arch….

Next Day > < Previous Day View 4th March 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW The Garden Weekend continues here. Frosty…

Next Day > < Previous Day View 27th March 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Rhododendron planting today. Matt Semmens has…

…paper on the cock ups of F&M which I keep in the safe for archivists to enjoy one day (along with the Diana issue). I rather think it is time…

…have lasted at least five weeks this year. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Still a few flowers on Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ which we saw showing colour in the first week of March…

…Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Two very different clumps of bluebells outside the arch. The second lot are ‘Spanish’ bluebells and the first a decent cross between wild and…

…overfly remains to be seen. We do three retakes of me walking through the arch from on high and picking off a few nearly dead flowers from a Rhododendron ‘Cornish…

…showing on Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’. Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’ Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ at the end of Bramble Field path next to Magnolia martinii which was flowerless this year. Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’…

…2020 – CHW The same bit of the huge Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ outside the front arch which always has secondary autumn flowers which are a bit out of shape is…