…Magnolia aquifolium with good autumn colour. Magnolia aquifolium 2022 – CHW A large pallet of daffodil bulbs arrive (as ordered) as a naturalising mix to be planted on the public…

…several frosty nights, a very late daffodil year. R lutescens is very good in several places. Only one daffodil in all 4 gardens with a bloom nearly open. 1932 –…

…coming out as a huge clump. Phlomis fruiticosa Phlomis fruiticosa Phlomis fruiticosa A good show still of some double flowered daffodils. daffodils A young Rhododendron ‘Tinners Blush’ on the bank…

…very good indeed. Daffodils are behind 1913 a very long way. 1913 – JCW Many daffodils open but no poets yet. Rho praecox going back, some Rho argenteum open, some…

…had fallen which is no great surprise. The ground is still however covered in red. Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’ Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’ Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’ The first daffodil bulbs on the…

…CHW Cornus walteri was looking good in its yellow autumn robes but today rather drab with the best leaves blown off. Cornus walteri Cornus walteri The first daffodil shoots by…

…‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Daffodils in Giddle Orchard. These were planted out from the kitchen garden when daffodil breeding stopped at Caerhays 60 to 70 years ago. Daffodils Magnolia ‘Athene’…

…is out just as the leaf starts to emerge. Amelanchier laevis Amelanchier laevis Amelanchier laevis An unusual late daffodil flowering in full shade. late daffodil Prunus matsumae-hanagasa (‘Pink Parasol’) planted…

…sides of the drive show what the gales tore off. Liriodendron tulipifera The first daffodil bulbs are just showing by The Fernery on the edge of the drive. Not unusual…

…Mag campbellii a few out, one lapageria left – Camellias good – also Rho moupinense and hybrids – some daffodils out – began to sell a week ago from K.G….