…the undersides of the leaves of Rhododendron ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ below Hovel Cart Road. Rhododendron ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ 2022 – CHW Ross has got the 3 beech stumps out. Clearing…

…has leapt ahead four to five years on from planting and is now 10-12ft tall. Magnolia caveanas Pieris ‘Charles Williams’ (my uncle not me!) with early bud clusters. Pieris ‘Charles…

…propagating by Asia later in the summer. A particularly good form of Rhododendron ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ (arboreum). Better than 2 or 3 others in the garden. Rhododendron ‘Lady Montagu’ (Exbury…

…the way up the water meadows. islands under water islands under water islands under water islands under water King Charles’ 1984 planted blue cedar tree is looking rather battered. King…

…but have given it more in previous years. seedling on the drive seedling on the drive seedling on the drive Magnolia campbellii ‘Charles Raffil’ just coming out on the drive….

…the tepals! Michelia maudiae ‘Touch of Pink’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Montague Group’ (Exbury). Rhododendron ‘Lady Montague Group’ Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ can be a sparse flowerer but not here. Rhododendron…

…this lilac in Monica Trudgeon’s garden is, I think, Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles X’. Not a named variety which I have come across before. Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles X’ I had not…

…National Trust ones did as well. Unbelievable rain for April and the roads totally flooded on the way back from Charles’s Rettalack’s funeral at the Truro crematorium yesterday. The Cornish…

…The quince is now covered in flowers with the old fruit. quince Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ in its pomp (unfrosted!). Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Charles…

…campbellii This afternoon spent showing Duchy and Prince Charles’ favourite forester around the magnolias here. The government wants tree planting, but UK nurseries are sold out in the pandemic and…