April 2018 Irish trip ( Day 2)

…peculiar coloured leaves. Carpodetus serratus Carpodetus serratus The hidden valley. hidden valley Ternstroemia japonica – a red rarity which I have never seen in flower. Ternstroemia japonica Ternstroemia japonica Abies…

22nd September

…jujuba 2021 – CHW More pictures of Ross and his clearance of the valley / river bottoms under Manassick, Sentries and Parnalls Hill. Posterity may enjoy how it looks today….

23rd July

…ahead This is the way ahead The view across the Portholland valley to Parnalls Hill wood. Portholland valley A sadly elm diseased clump of Cornish elms. Another hedgerow is still…

RHS Savill Garden – Flower Show Pictures – 2018

…Savill’ Magnolia ‘Valley Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Valley Splendour’ Rhododendron hodgsonii – SSYT 9 Rhododendron hodgsonii – SSYT 9 Rhododendron hodgsonii – SSYT 9 Rhododendron pachytrichum Rhododendron pachytrichum Rhododendron glischroides Rhododendron glischroides…

13th December

…a self-sown beech tree removed from the middle of it. Chamaecyparis squarrosa Chamaecyparis squarrosa An annoying leak in the gutter valley above the archive room causes a panic. About a…

10th March

…dig further. Forrest found it in the Shweli Valley where he describes ‘mile upon mile’ of the valley hillsides being absolutely covered with clumpy bushes of 2-3ft ranging to 10-20ft…

22nd October

…plant from which we gave cuttings to Tregrehan a fortnight ago. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Lead valley repairs above the ladies loos. repairs Secondary flowering…

9th April

…Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Another fine dry day. Good heavens two in a row! 2017 – CHW Off to the Valley Gardens and the rhododendron species collection. Rhododendron…

11th July

…is a new plant in the Burncoose catalogue this year. Quite a tall growing species with huge racemes of lily-of-the-valley buds and (perhaps) flowers. A very good deutzia which I…

13th July

…The garden is in a deep wooded valley near the village of Shorwell. Salvia darcyi collected by their friend and Garden Society member, John D’Arcy, and named after him. Salvia…