…Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ is a Gresham hybrid. Not a great colour but shaping up into a decent tree. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Flowers on Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’…

…propagating by Asia later in the summer. A particularly good form of Rhododendron ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ (arboreum). Better than 2 or 3 others in the garden. Rhododendron ‘Lady Montagu’ (Exbury…

…but this is fairly typical of Cornwall’s mild climate and lack of good autumn colours. Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’ Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Lemon Drop’ with its first…

…Magnolia ‘Pink Fruity’ grows in an odd way and clearly only a small shrub. Magnolia ‘Pink Fruity’ First flower out this year on Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia…

…latter is more popular today with the public but undeservedly so. It flowers much later than the Dr too. Camellia ‘Miss Charleston’ Camellia ‘Miss Charleston’ Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’…

…of their own garden this spring. These were auctioned in Lemon Street Market to raise funds for The Cornwall Community Foundation. This is one of the Caerhays pictures which was…

…over. The bees are busy enjoying the flower spike. Echium pininana Echium pininana Stewartia pseudocamellia just coming out into flower. Many more flowers than last year when it was sparse….

…Plantation sign An old honeycomb dug out, presumably, by crows from a wild bees nest. Perhaps squirrels but would they not have chewed it up on the ground? No sign…

…off with nothing in them but this year looks more promising. Magnolia rostrata Magnolia rostrata The wild black bees whose home got felled are still very much in evidence in…

…I have seen these turn into clusters of 5/7 black berries so I am probably wrong. Bees and flies all over the flowers. Planted 2011. Eleutherococcus (Acanthopanax) aff. sessilenis Eleutherococcus…