…is out a good six weeks later than last year. Note the wonderful golden velvety indumentum on the bud covers and the hint of yellow/cream in the flowers as they…

…shop. This dairy farming family have just branched out and built their own dairy where they produce their own milk, cream, butter and cheese. Quite an enterprise and one of…

…‘Gosia’ are turning from cream to pink on the drive. An attractive tree in an excellent position. Cornus kousa ‘Gosia’ 2015 – CHW More out in our Seaview garden despite…

…time flowering for us of Magnolia ‘Sunset Twirl’. A bit like ‘Peachy’ or ‘Peaches and Cream’ but arguably better. We bought this from Cherry Tree Nursery two or three years…

…‘Shiranami’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ has just arrived. Nice plants. We already have a ‘Fairy White’, a ‘Fairy Blush’, and a ‘Fairy Cream’ and all three have grown and flowered…

…Prunus matsumae ‘Beni-Yutaka’ Prunus matsumae ‘Beni-Yutaka’ Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’ is pink in bud opening to the more normal cream colour. Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’ Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’ Camellia…

…Bowkeria verticellata is a tender evergreen South African shrub probably requiring a conservatory outside Cornwall. The calceolaria-like flowers are attractive and smell mildly of face cream. Bowkeria verticellata Bowkeria verticellata…

…x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ is looking good. The best thing is the light creamy white insides to the near black tepals. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Our largest Magnolia rostrata…

…and Cornwall Hospice Care (who will share in the proceeds as well) raised £1,400 themselves. Ice cream sales were £1,500 and the scouts raised £421 on their traditional games stall…

…something other than an Ilex – myrtle? Much larger white flowers than the tiny cream ones seen recently on Ilex yunnanensis here. Ilex yunnanensis var. parvifolia Ilex yunnanensis var. parvifolia…