…coming out but a bit frosted. 1928 – JCW Two nights of frost have cleared the big Kobus of bloom and every Rhodo on the place and there was a…

…‘Golden Oriole’ just coming out amid the first snowflakes. Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole’ Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole’ Rhododendron ciliialyx just out too. More fool the plant as it feels now. Rhododendron ciliialyx…

…Tregrehan garden entrance. Pachystegia insignis Pachystegia insignis Rosa ‘Alberic Barbier’ (climber) on Tom’s wall. Rosa ‘Alberic Barbier’ Rosa ‘Alberic Barbier’ Rosa ‘Golden Showers’ (climber) beside it. Rosa ‘Golden Showers’ Rosa…

…out with leaf variegation showing. Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ One week on Prunus ‘Kursar’ is now nearly fully out in flower. What a delight…

…show in the Kitchen Garden too. Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ – not so different to ‘Golden Hornet’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus toringo…

…plants seen there. Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Potentilla ‘Arc-en-Ciel’ looked an especially good new herbaceous form with big colour changes in the flower colour as the flowers mature….

…don’t think I saw it in September/ October so a positive feature of the early summer drought? A frost will not now harm it. Quercus insignis Quercus insignis Raf Lenaerts…

…cold December – gradually increasing frosts. No flowers on Noblissima. 1950 – CW A lot of snow and frost lately and very little out bar camellias. Flowers of Taliensis brown…

…Bit’ Camellia ‘Little Bit’ Camellia ‘Rusticana’ Camellia ‘Rusticana’ Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Golden King’ Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Golden King’ Viburnum tinus in bud and flower. Pink buds and white flowers. Viburnum…

…‘Nobilissima’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ not bad at all as autumn colour in the sun, although we would normally grow it for spring and summer colour. Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’…

…bench (not ours). Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Tom & Jo Hudson’s superb Michelia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’. Michelia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ The…

…frost damage below White Styles. frost damage Magnolia ‘Susannah Van Veen’ – the New Zealand cross akin to ‘Caerhays Belle’. Magnolia ‘Susannah Van Veen’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’…

…the odd magnolia. Views Views Pinus montezuma untouched by frost. Pinus montezuma The evergreen Acer oblongifolium with attractive new growth. It struggles here and will not make anything like this….

…flowers which I failed to capture before they were frosted and then blown away. Some frost damage can be seen here. Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Vaccinum megaphyllum with nearly ripe…

…and definitely earlier than many years. I used to think that the cold vernalised snowdrops into springing into flower but we have had only 1 days frost (a month ago)…

…JCW Magnolias kobus, salicifolia, halleana, conspicua, brozzoni, soulangeana and denudata all showing flowers after the frost. 1922 – JCW Hard frost which cuts the bloom but is a dry frost,…

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…replanted – snowdrops past best. Burnt Downs. 1954 – CW We have had very bad frost and pond frozen over a week. 16° frost Lanarth . Almost all flowers out….

…the summer drought. Anyway much risk here if we do get a reasonable frost. These pictures show the situation at its various stages. Magnolia ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia…

…how our 2 in flower magnolias have survived the frost? Expectations zero even though it is 13°c and overcast today. Hard to see today but there are still a couple…