…magnolias pass their best and well after most of the cherry trees (prunus) leading to the old kitchen garden have finished flowering. Thus, late season visitors to Caerhays would have…

…eaten by the pheasant poults. colchicum The fence has been moved at the bottom of White Stiles field to give us room for the planting of a cherry avenue. White…

…great grandfather, and Captain Collingwood Ingram (‘Cherry’ Ingram) when the latter sought advice as to what to next when pensioned from serving in the British Indian Army at a young…

…Rhododendron decorum These two are Bracket fungi on a rotting cherry trunk. The second may be a Hoof fungus. Sadly I am not expert enough to know and they are…

…part. 1931 – JCW No dracenas they are away.C sasanqua open, no other camellias yet the first blooms of cherry are showing in the quarry. A few rhodo’s give us…

…wonderful advert for Matsumae cherry varieties. Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Prunus ‘Fragrant Cloud’ 2019 – CHW Magnolia (Manglietia) sapiensis which was so superb in its first flowering this year is growing…

…earliest since 1897. There are seven or eight species of Rhodo’ open and about the same number of varieties, the early cherry and all the P pissardi which is the…

…JCW Lapageria has been good since mid October. C sasanqua give some flowers. Erica darleyense is opening. The autumn cherry at the quarry is in flower. An evergreen magnolia or…

…withered bloom just as in 1931 for almost everything. A violent cold east wind for about 10 days. Some fuchsias hold on. 1931 – JCW Early Subhirtella cherry in the…

…Rhododendron agripeplum Rhododendron agripeplum Prunus campanulata ‘Felix Jury’ – a must-get cherry Prunus campanulata ‘Felix Jury’ Prunus campanulata ‘Felix Jury’ Berberis thunbergii ‘Pow Wow’ Berberis thunbergii ‘Pow Wow’ Berberis thunbergii…

…planting in the order given. Viburnum fragrans, Magnolia salicifolia, Quercus spicata, Quercus glabra, Farrers Oak, Nothofagus dombeyi, Betula albo sinensis of Wilson, one cherry not the true Pilosiuscula. 1922 –…

…magnolia to show colour. MAGNOLIA ‘Strybing White’ MAGNOLIA ‘Strybing White’ 1999 – FJW 4 flowers on Bishop Peter – good cherry above Burns Bank.1969 – FJW Second fall of snow…

…Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ The gigantic flowers of Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ are just appearing. Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ 2018 – CHW The three young cherry trees by the…

…Ririei – Oleifolium – Irroratum – Hookeri – Mariesii. Cerasus Conradinae and the Italian cherry very good. 1915 – JCW About 15 species of Rhodo’ show flower Barbatum and Argenteum…

…Podocarpus matudae covered in seed heads. Podocarpus matudae Aesculus parviflora full out. Aesculus parviflora Cherry fruits forming on Prunus padus ‘Colorata’. Expect them to drop before they ripen and turn…

…so as this is a rare cherry species well worth growing in quantity. Prunus perulata Prunus perulata Prunus perulata Prunus perulata Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ blew over in last night’s…

…Garden’ Wonderful trunks and bark on Lithocarpus hancei. Lithocarpus hancei Lithocarpus hancei A dangling branch from an old Pinus pinaster. Pinus pinaster Magnolia x loebneri ‘Raspberry Fun’ now full out…

…decorum nearly over above the drive and a dead cherry – another drought casualty. Rhododendron decorum Betula insignis subsp. fansipanensis is really getting going above the drive (unlike the three…

…the Isla Rose isn’t that exciting. Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ Magnolia ‘Sunset Swirl’ certainly is although only one flower. Magnolia ‘Sunset Swirl’ Magnolia ‘Sunset Swirl’ Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’…

…1919 – JCW No Narcissi Poets, M de Graaf open about three weeks behind 1913. 1913 – JCW M de Graaf and many poets open, an odd cherry flower open,…