20th February

…decent day it seems for weeks.Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ has shed in the wind but still plenty of flower left on the bush. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Likewise under Camellia reticulata ‘Mary…

29th November

…that this is not just Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ but ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ or ‘Michael’ (after Charlie Michael the head gardener here until 1956). ‘Michael’, they say, is a larger /…

7th March

…‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ This Quercus engleriana came from Kew in the 1920s according to the records. This species has just arrived onto…

13th November

…the leaves quite something too! Rhododendron bureavii Rhododendron bureavii First flowers on Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’ Secondary flowering on Rhododendron ‘Tinner’s Blush’….

12th July

…Deal’ – similar to ones which Burncoose stocks but not at all bad. Leucanthemum ‘Real Deal’ Leucanthemum ‘Real Deal’ Leucanthemum ‘Real Snowball’. Leucanthemum ‘Real Snowball’ Leucanthemum ‘Real Snowball’ Verbascum ‘Dark…

27th May

…one of several and there will still be colour here in June. Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ 2020 – CHW With all the outrage about Dominic Cummings’ visit to the north to…

18th March

…‘sodekashuki’ have flowers amid the snow! Roy is now happily stuck in the Wilson and Forrest archives making copious notes. The snow has some positive points. 2017 – CHW Magnolia…

11th April

…early yellow stuff just starting, snow this morning, impossible to stop snow? Outside nearly all the stuff is or has been frosted. Rho fargesii stands up to it, and the…

2nd March

…Karol has good pictures of the huge 4 feet high snow drifts below the church and at the Portholland turning. snow drifts snow drifts To cheer us up Jaimie has…

21st February

…grandiflora. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ First few flowers on a Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedling which I had thought was Magnolia ‘Copeland Court’. I may still be correct! Magnolia ‘Lanarth’…