8th July

…‘Golden Promise’ – thank you Wolfgang Keidel for pointing this out!] and Cupressus macrocarpa Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkan’ and Cupressus macrocarpa 2018 – CHW The only thing to cheer one up…

28th November

…sinensis ‘Black Dragon’ 1979 – FJW Philip brought in xmas cheer for the house. 1927 – JCW The quarry cherry has a fair lot of flowers. The early Hamamellis mollis…

10th February

…hybrid from 1950. I had considered C. ‘Apple Blossom’ or C. x williamsii ‘Burncoose Apple Blossom’ but the latter is a mounded tight bush.] Camellia ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia ‘Christmas Daffodil’…

19th December

…Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ 2020 – CHW Roy Lancaster’s Christmas card also said that his Carpinus rankinensis was still in full leaf. So is ours! Carpinus rankinensis Still some leaf on…

15th December

…an exceptional year for holly berries in the run up to Christmas but, looking around at the common holly trees which usually perform well, there is not a great deal…

13th December

…far. Rhododendron mucronulatum Rhododendron mucronulatum 2017 – CHW More from Burncoose and an inspection of our latest improvements.Bare root trees for potting before Christmas. Bare root trees for potting Plenty…

Magnolias and Climate Change at Caerhays

Christmas x williamsii camellias such as ‘November Pink’, ‘St Ewe’ and ‘J C Williams’ are almost exactly on time and as usual. The diary proves that camellias have been out…

10th April

…map – both are present and correct but ‘Marinka’ too high up to photograph). Camellia japonica ‘Clark Hubbs’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ ‘Christmas Daffodil’…

30th January

…‘Narumigata’ x C. reticulata ‘Damanao’). Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Christmas Beauty’ with its first late January flower! A nice enough red and new to us….

14th June

…my mother’s Christmas azaleas planted out successfully years ago. A florist’s potful originally and now a half decent plant on Rookery Path. Christmas azaleas Camellia ‘Grace Arbritton’ still with decent…