…take the trouble to look properly – even when the season is ‘over’!Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ which I bought last year in the Isle of Wight is out beside the greenhouse….

…in stock which are proving rather popular although will probably not flower in pots. Aralia cachemirica and Aralia cordata. Aralia cordata Aralia cachemirica Lagerstroemia indica ‘Fuchsia d’Ete’ has yet to…

…borders. alstromeria alstromeria Fuchsia exorticatica still has an odd flower left but the seed pods are swelling. People often ask us at shows ‘how long a plant flower for’? They…

…the others, on the lawn. Magnolia grandiflora now well out below the lawn together with M. delavayi. Magnolia grandiflora Fuchsia magellanica ‘Lady Bacon’ really is quite a sight. Fuchsia magellanica…

…where they have naturalised in long grass around a fuchsia border. Cornwall Council Highways send men out to spray off these beautiful plants in our hedgerows as they are on…

…in profusion. Carpinus caroliniana Fuchsia hatschbachii just out in Tin Garden. It should still be out at Christmas. Fuchsia hatschbachii The young Magnolia macrophylla planted last year has made excellent…

…and rain badly wanted. Rho Yellow Hammer very good. Lapagerias nice. All the Rho auriculatum hybrids over. Hydrangeas good. Fuchsias very good. 1926 – JCW There is nothing better in…

…wood. Lapageria and Yellow Hammer (Rho) good. Hardly any other flower except fuchsias. 1935 – JCW Cold but no real cold. Magnolia delavayi is moving past notwithstanding the rough and…

…C sasanquas are just starting to flower. Lapagerias good. Some fuchsia as usual in the Tin Garden showing. Some rare evergreen acorns from Bruce Gardner. Too much wind for really…

…Townsends. Here are some highlights below, Griselinia jodonifolia Rehderodendron kwangtungense Fuchsia glazioviana Decaisnea fargesii Corynabutilon click here for full details. 2017 – CHW The berries on this Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’…

…arrived there. 1926 – JCW Lapageria nice and so fuchsia. Hydrangeas only fair. No Nobleanum. Some bits on the Maddeni hybrids. Camellia sasanqua fair. 1913 – JCW Cassia and lapagerias…

…1994 – FJW Dry spell came to an end. 1931 – JCW Poor lot of rhodo’n flower bud. Fuchsia, lapagerias, hydrangea are all our flowers except cyclamen. 1925 – JCW…

…these pink bluebells since I planted them here and there nearly 50 years ago when this bed was my fuchsia collection. Several still survive. No doubt the National Trust would…

…counted. Camellia sasanqua A rather nice combination of berries on Cotoneaster horizontalis and flowers on Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis. Cotoneaster horizontalis Astonished to find plenty of flowers on Rhododendron mucronulatum…

…plant. 1933 – JCW As in 1932 1932 – JCW M delavayi, M parviflora, M nicholsoniana and M hypoleuca are showing bloom. Fuchsia are coming on well but ought to…

…which becomes large shrub or small tree. Just the job for where the three Daphne have died outside the front door in the recent drought. A replacement for the Fuchsia…

…a perfect rockery plant to grow perhaps with Fuchsia procumbens? Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Stewartia pteropetiolata is just coming out. Still plenty of flowers to follow….

…out of ivy and brambles a well as fuchsia pruning. I had not realised it had survived. Schisandra rubrifolia Schisandra rubriflora x S. grandiflora now similarly exposed. Cuttings for Asia…

…like the cultivated pink bluebells which I first planted here under my fuchsia collection 45 or so years ago! cultivated pink bluebells 2015 – CHW A brief wander into the…

…Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’. Plagianthus betulinus and Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’ Plagianthus betulinus close up. Plagianthus betulinus Halleria lucida is an extraordinary fuchsia like plant. Halleria lucida Melicytus obovatus with its multitude…