11th December

…the largest flowers still has plenty of green leaf. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia ‘Daphne’ nearby is already leafless. Magnolia ‘Daphne’ 2021 – CHW Late flowers still on Hypericum lancasteri. This…

17th December

…Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’ now well frosted Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’ Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’ The one flower on the Arum Lily now deceased. Arum Lily First colour showing on Daphne bholua ‘Limpsfield’….

19th December

…replanting in Dry Walls replanting in Dry Walls replanting in Dry Walls replanting in Dry Walls The buds on Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ are swelling but not yet open. Daphne

21st December

…– battery lit. Decorations on the front door Rather more sporting decorations on the side door! Decorations on the front door Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ still not quite out yet….

3rd January 1897- 2020

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16th January

…Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ and Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ A fine flower on Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’. Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ View 16th January 1897 – 2020…

17th January

…does catch what little frost we have had this year. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ is always the last of the bholua to come into flower. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Frost…

20th January

…colour despite the (dry) cold. Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ Azalea ‘Greenway’ with bud and flower above the greenhouse. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Daphne Bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ at its very best and…

22nd March

…Magnolia sprengeri. We viewed about a dozen including a few hybrids.Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ still full out while all the other varieties are well over. Great value in a garden…

15th August

…nearly over. Erica cinerea The Cottage in the evening sun. The Cottage 2020 – CHW Daphne’s garden at Newbiggin in all its glory which she photographed a week or two…

3rd March 1897 – 2020

…The Daphne bholua has been battered but may not be as dead as I thought. Daphne bholua The Cryptomeria japonicas bend dangerously in the wind. How they stay upright I…

7th December

…daisy like. Tristaniopsis laurina Tetradium fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) remains firmly evergreen unlike other species. Tetradium fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) First colour showing on Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ above the greenhouses….

16th December

…up The very first flowers this year on Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’. Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ What is left of the leaves on the Ginkgo biloba are a superb yellow….

8th October

…purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ Cornus capitata laden with fruits as usual. Cornus capitata A side branch blown out on Mangolia ‘Daphne’. Mangolia ‘Daphne’ Acer japonicum starting…

4th April

…Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Stardust’ had largely dropped already. Not as pink as ‘Raspberry Fun’. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Stardust’ Coprosma grandiflora Coprosma grandiflora Surprised to find Daphne bholua ‘Garden…

30th September

…is nearly the same size it was a year ago. Remarkable resilience! Euphorbia mellifera Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ was leafless and appeared dead in March. Now very healthy! Daphne bholua…

7th February

…(then) ‘species nova’ The typical branch/trunk formation on Magnolia dawsoniana. Magnolia dawsoniana Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ is just coming out in a pot. At Tregullow last week they had a…

8th February

…This is a perennial form not an annual. Lizzie’s ‘Honesty’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ is now out in the Rockery. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ The new gate on the tower…

15th February

…Belle’ The very last flower on Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ 2023 – CHW The Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ is only now full out by the side…

15th March

…Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ and Magnolia ‘Apollo’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ and Magnolia ‘Apollo’ 2023 – CHW A Burncoose planting day.Clematis armandii coming out in the nursery. Clematis armandii Daphne