…survives, just, on Burns Bank. Rhododendron royalii ‘Yellow Flush Form’ Rhododendron royalii ‘Yellow Flush Form’ Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’, also 2008 planted, has huge flowers albeit still only on its lower…

…sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ is a single and later flowering mature plant of Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’. Not that different to ‘Dazzler’ perhaps but he flowers are quite variable as you…

…japonica ‘Moutiers’ Eurya japonica ‘Moutiers’ Eurya japonica ‘Moutiers’ Callistemon pallidus – even more absurdly early. Callistemon pallidus Hydrangea lobbii – likewise! Hydrangea lobbii Magnolia ‘Royal Purple’ Magnolia ‘Royal Purple’ Rhododendron…

…may have said before. Metapanax davidii Last flowers on Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’. I guess held back by the drought. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ A seed head on Pittosporum adaphniphylloides – just…

…‘Ernest Wilson’ Quercus franchetii with flowers. Quercus franchetii Quercus franchetii 2022 – CHW The first Royal Cornwall Show in three years. Plenty of people but fewer exhibitors and heavy rain…

…Cornwall. The situation only began to change after the end of the English Civil War when the Royal Navy was built up under Oliver CROMWELL. By 1700, North African Slavers…

…much better from below. blobs of lichen blobs of lichen An interesting article is attached from The Royal Cornwall Gazette dated 13th February 1868. A clear win in court for…

…in the rhododendron planting area. clearance in the rhododendron planting area 2023 – CHW A tour of Old Park with 2 of the 4 grandchildren; Isla and Bea.Malus ‘Royal Beauty’…

…and former President of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and the Royal Institution of Cornwall, with a view to re-establishing a mineral display in the empty cabinets. This was…

…‘Mrs Pope’ Salvia involucrata ‘Mrs Pope’ Asphodeline lutea setting seed – introduced 1596. Asphodeline lutea One of the 4 historic cedars below over last December. The Royal Family bought Osborne…