4th December

blushing! Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’ Next March’s flower buds on Michelia doltsopa are well advanced and swathed in orange indumentum. They may well be out early!…

2nd May

…numbers of enormous catkins for the first time with us. Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’ Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolour Sartini’ very fine as the new growth emerges. The…

12th March

…party enjoying the strong scent. Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ 2022 – CHW A visit to Tregrehan: Back at Caerhays. Roy Lancaster and Mike Nelhams underneath Magnolia ‘Sir Harold…

23rd April

…Helen’ and M. ‘Apollo’. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ is still in tight bud. If you grew the four fairies in a row (Blush, White, Cream and Lime)…

26th April

…on ready to be planted out next spring. We seem to have ‘Fairy Cream’ and ‘Fairy White’ doing well but not ‘Blush’ or ‘Fairy Lime’ as yet. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’…

29th March

…Magnolia ‘Fairy White’ But Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ are still in tight bud. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’…

28th December

…has blown over. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Another Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ looking good in the sun above Lower Quarry Nursery. Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ A first flower on Rhododendron moupinense on…

26th July

…Meliosma oldhamii from a distance. Meliosma oldhamii Another drought casualty! One of three Camellia champetre ‘Fairy Blush’. Camellia champetre ‘Fairy Blush’ The Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ seedling in Tin Garden is…

22nd February

…‘George Blandford’ The latter has been out for 8-9 weeks! Good combination today. Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ also good together here. Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ and Camellia…

7th November

…of flowers on the unnamed Camellia x williamsii on the drive before Hovel turning. Camellia x williamsii 2021 – CHW A picture of Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’ sent from Tregothnan….