…Xanthoxylum simulans’ berries are now mature. James Garnett told me these make cheap pepper which sells in France for €130 per kilo. A few quid here then! Xanthoxylum simulans 2015…

…who comes from Norfolk. Further planting of specimen trees and hamamelis along the entrance drive but all placed out by 12pm leaving James and his team to complete the planting…

…in the James Veitch & Sons 1892 catalogue of camellias. These plants have been pruned many times over the last century and probably arrived here in 1902 from Reuthes nursery…

…– CHW James Williams sends me pictures of Acer palmatum ‘Scolopendrifolium’ on the drive at Burncoose Nurseries which was just coming into leaf. It is equally stunning in its yellow…

…Pittosporum illicioides angustifolium Euonymus wilsonii with a rather more impressive display of yellow flowers. Euonymus wilsonii Euonymus wilsonii Here are the two plants given to us by James Garnett and…

…is a good form. Picea breweriana Picea breweriana Rhododendron ‘Rubicon’ nearly over. James Williams gave us a plant rooted by their head gardener. A cross between Rhododendron ‘Kilimanjaro Group’ and…

…saw this first years ago on James Harris’ stand at Chelsea but it was a long time before I could obtain a plant. Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ What…

…before those higher up. Rehderodendron indochinense (BSWJ 12115) 2023 – CHW The Cornwall Air Ambulance lunch here for 25 people (& garden tour) sponsored by St James’s Place. Cornwall Air…

…the reddish-pink bark on the newer growth. Rhodoelia parvipetala Thirty-three people visited the gardens yesterday which shows that families are beginning to exercise. 2020 – CHW James Williams has sent…

…Medlars by James Phipps. Not in Hillier’s either? Crataegus jozana First flower on Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’. Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ Acer sterculiaceum subsp. sterculiaceum in Kennel Close. The same bronzy hue…