…of ice on frames tank. 1926 – JCW Mucronulatum has not been good so far but H mollis is good, very good, the heaths are coming on and not much…

…Magnolia nitida) at least twice. Here it struggled before wind or a strimmer got the last twig. Now deceased! Parkameria lotungensis 2017 – CHW Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ still has many…

…week so this may be the last we see of them. Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa 2018 – CHW Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Aureomarginatus’ is making a nice show amid the showers. Not…

…well – as is J.C.W. A flower on Keysii – flowers Bo- Peep. 2 Cornish Snow on drive. Returning Loder cup.1964 – FJW Charles had nice harvest of snowdrops. George…

…nice large flower. Huge central stamens. Camellia ‘California Sunset’ Camellia ‘California Sunset’ 2017 – CHW First flower on Rhododendron moupinense below Donkey Shoe. About on par with last year? Rhododendron…

…these together you can see what I mean. I was also surprised to see nice flowers on Azalea ‘Carnival’ but of course no beautiful scent here. Azalea ‘Carnival’ 2019 –…

…now until early March. Nevertheless in the camellia shelter belt below Burns Bank I notice the first flowers on: Camellia ‘Mary Costa’ Camellia ‘Mary Costa’ Camellia ‘Mary Costa’ Camellia ‘Debbie’…

…Great Gardens of Cornwall a month earlier than ever before. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii The small Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ above has one flower out. Nice colour but how do you…

…champetre ‘Fairy Blush’ – looks rather tender Camellia champetre ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia champetre ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia ‘Silver Chalice’ Camellia ‘Silver Chalice’ Camellia ‘Silver Chalice’ Camellia ‘Black Magic’ – I think…

…and still conditions encourage more magnolias to start to open outside the back yard and elsewhere.Neither of these magnolias are named but quite nice, early flowering seedlings as they are…

…is not yet showing. The buds here are not bad in colour but overall they fade quickly and this one is nice but not really worthy of a name. sister…

…japonica ‘Italiana Vera’ just out. Camellia japonica ‘Italiana Vera’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ and Camellia saluenensis. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ and Camellia saluenensis A snakebark maple blown over…

…can now see after the last leaves have dropped. Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ with its first flowers. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ 2020 – CHW…

…of access came into being since the access had largely existed in practice for over 50 years. My fathers view was that the public would want to walk the coastline…

…the office staff remain at home. The tarmac boys have made a start but ran out of tarmac before they got a quarter of the way. ‘Back Dreckly’ now means…

…2022 – CHW The cold snap continues. The Back Yard is a sheet of ice. Freezing rain showers. Roads unsafe.Rhododendron augustinii with a few secondary flowers by Tin Garden.# Rhododendron…

…series not much. A very cold wind no real ice so far. 1929 – JCW The worst wind smash in the New Planting we have ever known, in the big…

…that is about all. C sasanquas are nice. 1914 – JCW Some of the lapagerias are very good. Camellia sasanqua is good. Solanum nice. A cold east wind has come….

…Walk. The police arrived at midnight so the ‘Redcare’ phone disconnection system actually worked. They came in 45 minutes unlike the ambulance service on a call out for Dad recently…

…Camellia ‘Winters Joy’ Quite a nice show overall with four more varieties yet to perform. ‘Polar Ice’ is nearly out and seems very similar to ‘Snow Flurry’ except that it…