…expensive. I still wonder why our local surgery could not have done it just as well? Magnolias through the archway just starting in the evening light. Magnolias through the archway…

…with trifoliate leaves and long racemes of flowers which are purple to pinkish white. One goes in the car for Caerhays. I wonder where Clare, the nursery buyer, found this?…

…by the 4-in-Hand. A wild daffodil 2024 – CHW Camellia ‘Cinnamon Scentsation’ smelling wonderful although still only a few flowers. Camellia ‘Cinnamon Scentsation’ Camellia ‘High Fragrance’ just starting. Camellia ‘High…

…boxes Acacia cultriformis completely shattered in the recent severe gales. I wonder if it will reshoot if cut back completely? Acacia cultriformis 2024 – CHW The first garden tour of…

…flag) growing by the pond. I wonder why I have never seen this out here before? Chelsea of course! We would normally be on the way tomorrow and away for…

…and wonderful white felting on the underside of its leaves. Salix hookeriana Salix hookeriana 2022 – CHW Yesterday afternoon we cut some budded Embothrium for the Chelsea stand which will…

…Sorbus thompsonii 2015 – CHW Eucryphia cordifolia, late but now at its best. I have to wonder why the reference books say its flower is like a white ‘Rose of…

…Cornish hedgerows are looking so wonderful that I stopped on the way to Burncoose to pick out a few things that we may well grow in our gardens but which…

…– CHW (photos to follow) It has got to be a good summer when you can find a stick insect this size in the nursery! Huge! I wonder what stick…

…now dead Hydrangea villosa. Hydrangea villosa This is the same robinia as I photographed six to eight weeks ago. I wonder now in view of its flowering span if it…

…collections currently growing here. I wonder how many will survive 30 years and how many will prove to be worth growing. Also how many name changes the taxonomists will impose…

…Liquidambar acalycina with wonderful secondary new growth. Liquidambar acalycina Liquidambar acalycina Aesculus wangii with some too after the rain stunted its earlier growth shoots. Aesculus wangii Sorbus commixta aff. var….

…to beat it. First up is the rather impressive, well laid out and well tended Thompsons GC. They are rather keen on helenium and rudbeckia but I wonder how many…

…the garden here. We now have 4 or 5 specimens of Lomatia here. 2021 – CHW A wonderful night’s rain to refresh the garden after the earlier heatwave but strong…

…for late July in a border. Coreopsis ‘Rum Punch’ Salvia ‘Icing Sugar’ is yet another ‘new’ one of these tender things but quite nice. I wonder who raised all these….

…flower elsewhere in the garden. I wonder why these three trees are so much later? Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii The colouring on the new growth of Rhododendron pseudocrysanthemum is outstanding….

…There is no predominantly herbaceous garden in Cornwall anywhere near as good as this. Wonderful planting combinations, great views over the valley below and signs of labels, care and maintenance…

…Hydrangea luteovenosa (BSWJ 11524) Asia has grown Paulownia taiwaniana from side shoot cuttings. Paulownia taiwaniana Lots of wonderful rhododendrons as 2-3 year old plug liners now ready to go to…

…Magnolia nitida Laurel stumps all gone above the greenhouse. Laurel stumps all gone 2023 – CHW Wonderful red-purple new growth on Osmanthus yunnanensis. Osmanthus yunnanensis A young Camellia trichocarpa with…

…not. I wonder what the history of this is? Styrax hookeri yunnanensis Styrax hookeri yunnanensis Cornus iberica in full flower. Cornus iberica Cornus iberica The equally dull (and looking very…