22nd September

…jujuba 2021 – CHW More pictures of Ross and his clearance of the valley / river bottoms under Manassick, Sentries and Parnalls Hill. Posterity may enjoy how it looks today….

23rd July

…ahead This is the way ahead The view across the Portholland valley to Parnalls Hill wood. Portholland valley A sadly elm diseased clump of Cornish elms. Another hedgerow is still…

7th March

…‘Werrington’ Magnolia cylindrica x M. campbelli’Darjeeling’ – no name but excellent. Magnolia cylindrica x M. campbelli’Darjeeling’ Magnolia cylindrica x M. campbelli’Darjeeling’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Valley Splendour’ starting to flower well and…

17th August

Lily, in full flower on the steps of the Cottage in Yorkshire. This plant has greatly enjoyed the drought although the fields are much greener here than in Cornwall. Cyrtanthus…

14th February

…Javado in Holland. Quite the best Lenten lily I have yet seen although who Anna is or was I have no idea. Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’…

10th February

…no crossed daffs, R praecox shows colour, C coum very good, a few roses yet, Clematis balearica useful, heaths starting. 1906 – JCW Some Caerhays and Lent Lily just open,…

25th August

…in the show tunnel. Banksia integrifolia Banksia integrifolia Cautleya spicata ‘Robusta’ – the hardy ‘ginger lily’ which is new to us although clearly our oversight. Cautleya spicata ‘Robusta’ Cautleya spicata…

11th November

…flowers. April/May. CWT6336. Rhododendron excellens. Maddenia subsection. Forms a spreading shrub. Large, shiny bright green leaves. Long lily like, scented white flowers with a yellow blotch. June. CWT6486. Rhododendron nuttalii….

6th April

…two plugs per house and electricity to the estate. flower arrangements flower arrangements Outside the front door the arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica), which has not turned a hair all winter,…

8th July

…stenaulum Rhododendron stenaulum Rhododendron stenaulum Rhododendron stenaulum Rhododendron stenaulum Rhododendron stenaulum Viburnum betulifolium is now in full flower. Viburnum betulifolium Viburnum betulifolium The first Crinum powellii (crinum lily) is out…