1st December

…vibrant autumn colours. This was a gifted layer from the Tregrehan plant. Enkianthus serrulatus Acer forrestii has little notable autumn colour here. Rather drab. Acer forrestii Pruning out suckering growth…

14th February

…x incam ‘Okame’ Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ The first clump of our huge new autumn planted daffodil clumps (10 to 12) is just about out below the tower as well….

15th July

…Hemerocallis fulva. Hemerocallis fulva Hemerocallis fulva Crambe maritima. Crambe maritima 2022 – CHW A single seed pod on just one of the young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the bank. Magnolia…

12th March

…finished. They were this year: Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ (Jaimie’s hybrid registered last year) Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ (the younger plant where the old ‘Diva’ grew) Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’…

29th November

…with its peculiar autumn tints. A broken branch has quickly produced new growth. Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ Cornus iberica with its blackish-red autumnal show. Cornus iberica…

1st November

…and not worth photographing. A wet and windy week in prospect although there is precious little autumn colour this year even before these forthcoming gales. I have never seen this…

20th November

…two original Acer henryi. Acer henryi The castle with some autumn colour behind it on an overcast day. autumn colour You can just make out Liriodendron chinense at 10 o’clock…

14th October

…this is a close second. Vitex agnus castus First flashes of autumn colour on Tilia kiusiana. Tilia kiusiana 2021 – CHW Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ starting its brilliant autumn tints. Euonymus…

1st September

…away where it is on the rotting stump and gently dig out the holly hybrid later in the autumn. Then grow it on in a pot for a bit before…

27th July

…globosa 2020 – CHW Only one seed head on the young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ which flowered so well for the first time this year. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ A carpet of…