…‘Ernest Wilson’ Quercus franchetii with flowers. Quercus franchetii Quercus franchetii 2022 – CHW The first Royal Cornwall Show in three years. Plenty of people but fewer exhibitors and heavy rain…

…on Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ are clearly hairy/ velvety. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ now full out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Ilex cornuta with more fruits than I have ever seen…

…‘Icing Sugar’ is yet another ‘new’ one of these tender things but quite nice. I wonder who raised all these. Salvia ‘Royal Bumble’ may be the best? Salvia ‘Icing Sugar’…

…much better from below. blobs of lichen blobs of lichen An interesting article is attached from The Royal Cornwall Gazette dated 13th February 1868. A clear win in court for…

…and former President of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and the Royal Institution of Cornwall, with a view to re-establishing a mineral display in the empty cabinets. This was…

…‘Mrs Pope’ Salvia involucrata ‘Mrs Pope’ Asphodeline lutea setting seed – introduced 1596. Asphodeline lutea One of the 4 historic cedars below over last December. The Royal Family bought Osborne…

…x williamsii ‘Celebration’ by George’s Hut. Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’ A dead branch in a clump of Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ A last fallen flower under Magnolia delavayi…

…fronting Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’. Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’ 2018 – CHW On Sunday we went off to the Royal Isle of Wight County Show where I had been asked…

…in the rhododendron planting area. clearance in the rhododendron planting area 2023 – CHW A tour of Old Park with 2 of the 4 grandchildren; Isla and Bea.Malus ‘Royal Beauty’…

…best of the surviving forms of Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ on Burns Bank. Definitely one for Asia to propagate! Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ The last flowering before death I expect of the…