…x loebneri ‘Raspberry Ice’ below the fernery. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Merrill’ Then off to the Royal Cornwall Showground to judge at the Cornwall Garden Society spring show 2022. I was…

…– CHW A tour of Old Park with 2 of the 4 grandchildren; Isla and Bea.Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ – another one out in the Kitchen Garden. Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ The…

…Battery Walk Arch Battery Walk Arch Battery Walk Arch Prunus ‘Jo-Nioi’ at its best by the garden entrance. Prunus ‘Jo-Nioi’ Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ with its first flower at the sales…

…red buds opening to white. Malus ‘Gorgeous’ Malus ‘Van Eseltine’ – a bit wind damaged. Malus ‘Van Eseltine’ Malus ‘Royal ‘Raindrops’ – a good red. Malus ‘Royal ‘Raindrops’ Malus ‘Professor…

…Burncoose stand in the flower tent at the Royal Cornwall Show. The High Sherrif of Cornwall (Geraint Richards) with Justin Orchard Rhododendron maddenii just coming out with gorgeous scent. Rhododendron…

…2 years of droughts. Robinia x slavinii ‘Hillieri’ Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ and Hydrangea ‘Generale Vicomtesse de Vibraye’ look good together. Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ 2023 – CHW A marvellous…

…to the ground and reseeded each year. wild flower meadow wild flower meadow Eryngium bourgatii ‘Picos Blue’ very fine. Eryngium bourgatii ‘Picos Blue’ Agapanthus ‘Royal Velvet’ and Achillea ‘Cerise Queen’….

…Salvia ‘Royal Bumble’ may be the best? Salvia ‘Icing Sugar’ Lysimachia punctata ‘Alexander’ for those who like variegated leaves? Lysimachia punctata ‘Alexander’ Coreopsis ‘Mango Punch’ – nicer than the rum…

…slaves in Cornwall. The situation only began to change after the end of the English Civil War when the Royal Navy was built up under Oliver CROMWELL. By 1700, North…

…‘Neville Copeman’ Malus ‘Neville Copeman’ Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Malus ‘Halloween’ Malus ‘Halloween’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Golden Hornet’ – the heaviest fruiter of all…

…the Royal Cornwall Gazette dated 27th November 1885. article about the restoration of St Michaels Church The Royal Cornwall Museum was chucking out its old mineral display cabinets recently and…

…Took not a single photograph! 2020 – CHW The variegated leaved Buddleia ‘Harlequin’ has largely reverted to ‘Royal Red’ above the top wall but is still a magnet for butterflies….

…weighed down with flowers. Large lot of Rho Royal flush in 40 Acres. Blood red at its best. Auklandii arboreum beginning. Still some fuschias. Very dry. 1931 – JCW Kobus…

…the Sasanquas by Billiard Room. Royal Flush second flowering has been excellent. 5 sizeable seeds picked from Q cleistocarpa, 4 from Stellata, Alba superba and Liliiflora yet to be picked….

…villosa var laevis 1943 – CW Fuchsias and lapagerias good. Very few auriculatum hybrids left – Yellowhammer picked a bunch for Aunt Charlotte. Three vases of Royal Flush in hall….

…dangerously into unchartered territory. 2015 – CHW A Rhododendron royalii hybrid (‘Royal Flush’? Yellow or apricot) has survived powdery mildew and a clump is flowering sparsely. This one is yellow…

…and a little later than usual. This small tree looked horrid in the drought years. Lomatia ferruginea 2023 – CHW The Royal Isle of Wight County Show. Met Alan Titchmarsh…

…has recovered from the drought years and is now flowering well. Hydrangea involucrata (from Crug) below Burns Bank. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – pink form. Fruit flowering on Vaccinium corymbosum. Salix…

…Aralia foliosa Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ in bud and already scented. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia x wieseneri now full out. Magnolia x wieseneri Magnolia x wieseneri Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’…

…Similarly the first flush on Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ with its odd golden central leaf variegation. Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangle’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangle’ A clump of…