18th March

…(Caerhays Dark Form), Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ and Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick Alba’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick Alba’ Magnolia sargentiana robusta (Caerhays Dark Form), Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Off to Old Park with the…

4th October

…belladonna (white form) nearly over with Nerine bowdenii nearly out just behind it in front of the Dining Room window. Amaryllis belladonna The wild Iris foetidissima that has naturalised in…

4th March

…Williams’ Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) below Donkey Shoe. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (New Zealand form) Magnolia ‘Lanarth’…

20th March

…you can see. The petioles on the leaflets are of different lengths. Schefflera bodinieri Schefflera bodinieri Schefflera bodinieri Schefflera bodinieri Schefflera bodinieri Acer sikkimense just coming into leaf. Here just…

10th April

…undergo formal criminal record checks through the parish safeguarding officer under formal and expanding diocese and church rules. Caerhays church has no choir, no children in regular attendance etc so…

23rd January

…A flower on Keysii – flowers BoPeep. 2 Cornish Snow on drive. Returning Loder cup.1964 – FJW Charles had nice harvest of snowdrops. George Blandford 1/3rd out. 1943 –…

11th March

…in full shade as a shrub. unnamed Luculia species Brassaiopsis bodinieri in a Tregrehan greenhouse. We have already lost this once outside but are trying again. Brassaiopsis bodinieri Brassaiopsis bodinieri…

21st March

…Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ bought from Stervinou Nurseries in France has flowers identical to our old original plants which once also had large flowers like this. The Tregullow form of…

24th June

…inflorescences. Ligustrum confusum The attractive bark of Maytenus boaria with some branches weeping and drooping as is normal. Maytenus boaria Maytenus boaria Another separate plant of Maytenus boaria has much…

6th April

…the Werrington ‘Chinese Garden’ and ‘Bowling Green’ (now called ‘ChinaRuby’) forms of Betula albosinensis which I remember growing at Donkey Shoe as a child. The Werrington Forrest collected form (1910)…