12th February

…‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Red’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea…

20th July

‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Malus x rockii with fruits forming. Tom’s identification seems correct. Malus x rockii Yet another form of Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana at Donkey Shoe….

31st January

…R mucronulatum is going over, a few snowdrops and aconite. 1898 – JCW One or two Caerhays trumpets open. Minimus nearly at its best, snowdrops quite white crocus partly open….

16th January

Snow’ and Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ and Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ A fine flower on Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’. Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ 2020 – CHW Sixty…

12th June

…wire netting surrounds too quickly on single stemmed trees like this. Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Carpinus rankinensis with bright red secondary new growth after last week’s…

26th January

…Cheer’ now full out above the greenhouse. Rather late this year. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ First flowers on Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole var. Busaco’. Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole var. Busaco’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’…

8th August

…are now 8-10ft tall. Only one of them is flowering properly and, even there, the flowers are hidden in with the leaves. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’…

10th August

…Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Diospyros cathayensis growing away well and enjoying the heat. Diospyros cathayensis 2021 – CHW Colin French, author of the amazing pictorial book…

17th July

…Arreton.Passiflora caerulea ‘Snow Queen’ rather better than the more common Passiflora ‘Constance Elliot’. Passiflora caerulea ‘Snow Queen’ Passiflora caerulea ‘Snow Queen’ We stock three varieties of ‘Inca’ alstroemerias but not…

3rd March

…not be as dead as I thought. Daphne bholua The Cryptomeria japonicas bend dangerously in the wind. How they stay upright I do not know. Cryptomeria japonicas Snow still lies…