…emerge from lockdown.The Cornwall tourist board and ‘locals’ have been so vociferous and rude about second homers in exile (etc) will have to change their tune; and quickly!A carpet of…

…on either side. The gales a few days ago are to blame but what a carpet today! Magnolia ‘Caerhays Philip’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Philip’ First very early flowers on Rhododendron veitchianum…

…Maakia chinensis A carpet of sycamore flowers on the Main Ride after the rain. sycamore flowers Rhododendron ‘Corona’ is named after Corona North once from County Carlow in Eire which…

…the sun. Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’ 2021 – CHW Still a howling (warm) easterly wind. A carpet of mainly large white flowered wild violets above Crinodendron Hedge in and above the…

…propped. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ 2020 – CHW A carpet of seedlings under a solitary Podocarpus salignus. You never see enough podocarps or red berries on the tree…

…tree but no berries. We have one other plant which I have never seen flower either. Ilex opaca A carpet of fallen flowers under Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ in October! Secondary…

…one is ‘Pink Snowbell’ which has very dark leaves but is only really pink in bud. ‘Pink Snowbell’ ‘Pink Snowbell’ Euptelia polyandra with a second flush of good new growth…

…buying seed grown things from overseas. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Another Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Snowbell’ with better flowers. Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Snowbell’ 2020 – CHW A splendid flower on Magnolia…

…turn colour properly and may not have a show this year. Very few hips. Rosa roxburghii Kalopanax septemlobus has a yellow carpet on the ground but plenty of green leaves…

…the 1990 hurricane. white magnolia on Bond Street 2022 – CHW Rain overnight and the leaf is rushing out. A carpet of fallen flowers under a Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ clump…