3rd July

…source is not identified. There are no records of these being planted at Caerhays within the files that you have shared with me. I believe that Caroline Bell has been…

4th February

…of each bell. Rhododendron irroratum A nearly dead 30 year old Rhododendron keysii. A very short lived species. We will prune it back but, from experience, this species will probably…

15th August

…progressively burnt off by the sun – the other half of the plant already dead. Magnolia sieboldii 2021 – CHW Bell heather (Erica cinerea) on Wolsingham Moor which was already…

14th February

…front gate. A good dark colour this year high up but you can already see the paler insides to the tepals as you see in ‘Caerhays Belle’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’…

16th February

…colour. Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ just coming out and what a colour. Words fail me to describe it so…

16th January

…– JCW Prunus pissardi is showing white. 1898 is ahead of 1935. 1898 – JCW M de Graaf breaks through, also Princep Mary, Sirius, Golden Bell etc, one seedling of…

12th June

…a few waterlilies, a fair lot of Arums, picked of seed this week some Emperor, P Mary, no 23, and G Bell. All the early trumpets picked, moved a lot…

5th April

…as a present to Her Grace, Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ just about to come out. Perhaps 15 years from planting just below the castle itself. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ 2017 – CHW…

20th April

…by John Bond which flowers in early March. RHODODENDRON ‘Temple Belle’ RHODODENDRON ‘Temple Belle’ Rhododendron ‘Temple Belle’ is an orbiculare x williamsianum hybrid which I suspect may have been produced…

29th March

…‘Darkest Purple’ x Magnolia campbellii ‘Betty Jessel’ Berberis xanthoclada in full flower. Berberis xanthoclada Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ is a US cross between Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ and Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’. The…