…Red’ and Magnolia dawsoniana. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ is nearly black in bud. Far better than M. ‘Black Tulip’. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ 2021 – CHW I am now…

…its best and ‘Fairy Lime’ is just starting. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ Another Old Park rhododendron species I cannot yet identify. Blackish red buds with a hint of blue-black in the…

…in the new Isla Rose Plantation on Monday 11th December. 2016 – CHW Jasminum mesneyi is full out above the tower on the lawn. It is growing out of the…

…ready for the impending visitor season.Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ is full out below the Tower On The Lawn. The other similar plants in the garden are still a few days…

…more and a much better colour than last year. wisteria wisteria 2019 – CHW Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ below the tower. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Seed heads on Dipteronia…

…now in extreme old age. The Irish yew is not and neither is the enormous Virginia creeper to be seen on the main tower which I remember being cut down…

…Dog Kennels. bottom end of the Kitchen Garden Prunus ‘Kursar’ out below the tower. Prunus ‘Kursar’ Prunus ‘Kursar’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight’ out in Kennel Close. First flowers out on Rhododendron…

…tree native in S. Europe. From a distance I noticed a huge hedgerow of white beside Derrecks Wood and assumed it was blackthorn or sloe (Prunus spinosa) but, close up,…

…Another Prunus ‘Kursar’ coming nicely into flower below the tower. Prunus ‘Kursar’ Prunus ‘Kursar’ Six-hundred 3L laurels have just been delivered for thickening up the shelterbelts above the rookery. laurels…

…morning they appear to be eyeing up the very tallest battlements on the Rabbit Warren tower. Presumably they have old nests there or they will simply colonise and use old…

…verum or Lady’s Bedstraw Galium verum or Lady’s Bedstraw Lady Cynthia Carew Pole’s day lilies as good as over by the tower. The original names long last but I try…

…by Burncoose. Below the tower here it is now 5 feet tall and a tremendous show today. Fuchsia magellanica ‘Lady Bacon’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ just showing in the shade. Hydrangea…

…short lived but today most impressive Buddleia salvifolia near the tower. Overpowering scent. Buddleia salvifolia Buddleia salvifolia Next door is a new rhododendron planting where a 65 year old Pinus…

…is very difficult from cuttings. Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Further along the wall towards the Tower is Magnolia grandiflora from the USA doing exactly the same job with…

…orange Hedychium Hedychium spicatum ‘Liberty’ (BWJ 8116) planted in 2020 below the tower now has 3 white flowers. Hedychium spicatum ‘Liberty’ This is what a welcome half an inch of…

…quickly reverts to impenetrable gorse and blackthorn scrub with no open areas for coastal wildflowers. gorse and blackthorn scrub The only way to tackle areas like this today to create…

…curtains in the tower and in the Rabbit Warren which is usually unlettable in October. Vitis coignettiae Vitis coignettiae 1996 – FJW Trip around with J Parsons – flowers on…

…oleifera Camellia oleifera 2016 – CHW Below the tower today with lots to see.Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ has turned a brownish yellow in this autumn. An odd colour in marked…

…pulleys with huge lead weights which reach down to ground level. The bell itself is dated 1813. Scaffolding Caerhays Bell – 1813 Caerhays Bell in Tower 2015 – CHW No…

…nice combination of Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’ and Liriodendron tulipifera with their autumn colours at the Four-in-Hand. Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’ Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ with its autumn colours below the tower. Prunus ‘Gyoiko’…