10th April

…weekend but not from Caerhays. Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ First flowering of a young replacement Prunus ‘Amanogawa’. Prunus ‘Amanogawa’ Azalea ‘Saotome’ (?) outside the front gates. Azalea ‘Saotome’…

30th January 1897 – 2020

…lovely. Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Perfume Princess’ Daphne bholua ‘Perfume Princess’ Daphne…

The Cornwall Garden Society spring show

Back to 9th April More pictures from the 2019 Cornwall Garden Society spring show at Wadebridge. Rhododendron oreodoxa (first from Werrington). Rhododendron oreodoxa Rhododendron eximium Rhododendron eximium Rhododendron floribundum Rhododendron…

16th March 1897 – 2020

…Alba’ x Magnolia x veitchii). Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ is however exceptional as we saw last year. Even better here as a red. Look at…

29th March

…shattered all the flowers on the toughest and most resilient of rhododendrons; ‘Cornish Red’. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ was spared as it wasn’t out. Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ Magnolia ‘Diana’ looks…

12th September

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW To Belvoir Castle to look at some planting plans for next spring with…

1st May

…but sunny day with no wind. We need rain in the next week or there will be casualties in the spring planting. It is turning into a good rhododendron year…

13th June

…Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ but none the worse for that! Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ A decent sized Magnolia wilsonii has failed to leaf up and died. I fear caught…

11th July

…out next spring what is ready to be planted out next spring what is ready to be planted out next spring Since my last visit to the greenhouse at least…

2nd September

…that two large magnolias are thinking its spring and already shedding the outer coverings on their flowers. The result of a mild and wet summer. magnolias are thinking its spring

28th April

…The original wild collected Camellia saluenensis (pale form) (first out November) Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ (first out late November) Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ (first out late November) Camellia ‘Mary Jobson’ (first out…

10th November

…I would say but only this plant is out as it was last year. The other old ones may be a month away still. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’…

4th April

…pink at the base of the tepals. Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ Another from…

25th February 1897 – 2020

…idea was to show magnolias on the beach which is quite a good way of portraying the Cornish spring to potential visitors.Here are various pictures with magnolias in the sea,…

4th September

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW A visit to Cornish Lithium Demonstration Plant, Trelavour Pit, St. Denis. The £10m…

2nd May

Spring’ living up to its name. Corylopsis spicata ‘Golden Spring’ Corylopsis spicata ‘Golden Spring’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ was a gift from a Swiss nursery friend. A new one for…

18th November

…again by next spring. acers Acer palmatum ‘Beni-schichihenge’ has not been in stock for some while. Acer palmatum ‘Beni-schichihenge’ Quercus coccinea at its zenith! Quercus coccinea Various forms of Ginkgo…

18th May

…series about the history of Cornish gardens. So far no real takers. Even a great gardens of Britain series once day perhaps filmed over a whole season. Probably considered far…

6th May

…mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ is not that wonderful either! Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ The early spring lambs are coming on well. Early spring lambs Is this a…

6th August

…Time to get the autumn/spring rare plant orders for Caerhays into the pipeline before the European nurseries produce their autumn availability lists. Lunaplant in Germany promise a delivery of a…