…Le Bois Marquis – Viburnum nervosum – Viburnum nudum Pink Beauty – Viburnum propinquum – Viburnum prunifolium Mrs Henry Large – Viburnum recognitum – Viburnum sieboldii Seneca – Viburnum sympodiale…

…change’. Extremism should not win when set against calm, beauty and photosynthesising plants! Do cows really fart enough to affect the ozone layer or is this also deliberate disinformation by…

…Main Quarry. Plant Paulownias where you can look down on them is the cry but, as here, the flowers are still too far away to properly appreciate their beauty. One…

…CHW Looking at the bank outside the front door today the mass of primroses have all vanished as have the massed ranks of bluebells. Instead we have grasses, and in…

…then. camellias from France This is the list:Camellia champetre Alpen GloCamellia espèce Amplexicaulis Camellia ss Bettys Beauty Camellia champetre Cinnamon Cindy Camellia champ Cinnamon Scentsation Camellia reticulata Debut Camellia champetre…

…The flowers in the Dining Room included: Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Black Beauty’ Rhododendron williamsianum hybrids bred by Dad Rhododendron williamsianum hybrids Rhododendron williamsianum hybrids 2016 – CHW…

…‘black’ which it isn’t! (There are other black magnolias – e.g. ‘Black Beauty’). Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Back at Caerhays Bramble Field track has now been splendidly cleared by the cut…

…Green Gate. What splendid things these February flowering cherries are. There is a beauty by Tresillian Bridge but one does not see them nearly often enough! Frost proof too. Prunus…

…aurea ‘Koi’ Phyllostachys aureosulcata’Spectabilis’ Phyllostachys bambusoides’Castillonis Inversa’ Phyllostachys viridi-glaucescens Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’ Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Merlyn’ Magnolias just starting outside the back yard. Magnolias View 24th February 1897 – 2020…

…on the bank outside the front door. Primroses Snowdrops and cyclamen with the primroses. Snowdrops Narcissus ‘Mr Julian’ full out. This was bred by Ron Scamp as a N. cyclamineus…

…species do not survive our climate. If you do not find this all too dull click here to see the true beauty of so many of them. Betula ermanii from…