…on television ( ¼ second). 1975 – FJW Philip picked Magnolia mollicomata x by steep steps. 1959 – FJW Burnt the Downs. 1934 – JCW Camellia speciosa is the best…

…Yucca gloriosa in full flower. Yucca gloriosa Yucca gloriosa An elderly but very healthy Itea ilicifolia in full show. Itea ilicifolia 2017 – CHW Philip Knuckey has won a gold…

…Philip and I found a good flower on Camellia ‘Joan Trehane’. 1995 – FJW We have had 5 very hot days and need rain. 1976 – FJW Very dry –…

…planted stuff suffering.1989 – FJW With Philip near recently dead Rho loderi, saw tree magnolias coming up in the wild. 1932 – JCW Just as in 1928. Some goodish azaleas,…

…off for 3 days after a longer dry spell than 1988 – the best flowering season for years for nearly everything – including Philip’s one flowering for first time and…

…eye view Singers Stalls Cataclews 1990 – FJW Walk with Philip. Flowers on following rhod – auritum, discolor, falconeri, argyrophyllum, macrostemon, decorum x by Diva, souliei x campylocarpum, lepidostylum, megacalyx,…

…properly for the first time since planting in 2013. We could now try to recreate the cinnarbarinum x concatenans cross which produced ‘Caerhays Philip’, ‘Caerhays John’ and ‘Caerhays Lawrence’. These…

…of horticultural paintings in the Queens Gallery hosted by the Game Conservancy and Prince Philip. Very much the worse for wear by the end but no incidents that I recollect….

…out and without the pink tinge in the opening buds. Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ 2017 – CHW Very sad news. My partner at Burncoose, Philip Knuckey, has tragically lost his…

…or colour in the garden – went around with Philip. 1998 – FJW Garden closed – on everyday the garden was open, RAIN FELL. Beech trees coming out. 1993 –…

…is now just starting to come out properly. Once its famous hybrid ‘Caerhays Philip’ grew just here. Rhododendron cinnabarinum Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ still has a few tail end flowers some…

…Wings’ stood out today as the ‘must have’ reticulata variety of the 35 individually photographed. I need to get to these earlier next year. 2016 – CHW Meeting with Philip…

…– FJW Magnolias nearly at their best – Donkey Shoe Robusta, Philip T, Campbellii and Caerhays Belle = first 1959 – FJW Magnolias coming to their best. The prize must…