16th June

…Styrax wuyuanensis is only just starting to come out. Most S. japonicus and S. formosanus forms nearly over. Styrax wuyuanensis A small flowered form of Rhododendron maddenii below Donkey Shoe…

17th June

…from the bottom of the lower lake. This was originally Proteas and other South African natives. Not that much has survived but what has is now most impressive. lower lake…

8th September

…combination with the leaves. Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Pseudopanax with seeds. Pseudopanax with seeds Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’ in full flower. Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’ Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie…

9th September

…of our existing low input farming policy and its ability to improve the growing diversity of permanent pastures to enable us to be offered a new Higher Land Countryside Stewardship…

9th June

…is Wolesley Lodge, a spanking new product of the Irish golfing boom and bust, just outside Tullow which, as a town, would rank below Redruth in terms of affluence. Its…

2nd April

…into a sensible shape with a new leader so the plant can grow on again. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Rhododendron niveum on Sinogrande Walk. See…

22nd January

…First daffodils First daffodils More laurel hedge cut back below the Main Ride. laurel hedge First flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘Caerhays’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Caerhays’ First flowers out exceptionally…

1st August

…Carya ovata Carya ovata 2022 – CHW Ross has started grinding up and digging out the 3 beech stumps and their roots below Higher Quarry Nursery. beech stumps beech stumps…

17th September

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW (images to follow) 2023 – CHW A Burncoose day. Eucryphia moorei just inside…

3rd August

…than blue if the soil is not sufficiently acidic. Dichroa guizhou Hydrangea longifolia with its globular buds. Slow growing. Hydrangea longifolia Another different unnamed Hydrangea (from) Gongshan which self-seeds itself…