…speciosum x 3 Sophora Dragon’s Gold Sorbaria Sem x 3 Viburnum cinnamomifolium Viburnum sieboldiiFrank Matthews Prunus x per Spring Glow 125cm + bare-root Malus Admiration (Adirondack) 7L container Malus baccata…

…2022 on poor soil with deer fencing and a watering system. Here Tilia endochrysea. Tilia endochrysea Three Cryptomeria japonica ‘Golden Promise’ getting going. Cryptomeria japonica ‘Golden Promise’ New growth on…

…‘Gold Finch’. Magnolia ‘Gold Finch’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’. Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ – the two plants we have now are different in colour (but not shape). Not an…

…serrulatus The first yellow magnolia to show – Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ in Kennel Close. Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ Magnolia ‘Gold Finch’ is also out. Nothing 2 days ago. Magnolia ‘Gold Finch’…

…cut down last week. Daphniphyllum macropodum Tassel flowers on Acer negundo ‘Kelly’s Gold’. Not as long or good as Acer negundo var. violaceum. Acer negundo ‘Kelly’s Gold’ Some species rhodos…

…dead and had been for some time before it blew over. Hailstones in the backyard. Usually a touch of cold persuades more camellias to spring into flower. We will see…

…all forms, some may touch April. 1929 – JCW None of the above except R lutescens. Frost has abated and rooks have started to build. I saw one carrying a…

…Miss’, M. ‘Touch of Pink’, M. maudiae, M. foveolata and (from Burncooose) M. macclurei. The consensus after dinner was that M. macclurei was indeed the true species although neither Maurice…

…to ours at least in juvenility. Our plant has had a few yellow flowers in recent years.A few days later James Garnett from SEVE Nantes, France, got in touch about…

…touch of purple indumentum underneath. Those in between nothing. The plant is again evergreen with us and still putting on growth in winter which may well prove to be a…

…mucronulatum is nice and it opens well in water, nothing here to touch the Jasminum nudiflorum at Werrington. 1913 – JCW The frost left after a good bit of ice…

…Olearia lacunosa Olearia lacunosa Oreopanax sectifolius has grown quickly and is touching the roof in the frame. Oreopanax sectifolius Oreopanax sectifolius A liner of Camellia brevistyla var. rubra with tiny…

…‘Winton’ 2022 – CHW Last autumn colour on Rhododendron weyrichii in the Rockery. Rhododendron weyrichii Even more advanced daffodils from those seen a week ago. daffodils A slight touch of…

…200 year old (grafted) weeping beech. (Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’). The lower branches develop large growths which will ultimately also develop roots when they touch the ground. Quite the biggest and…

…in flower. A touch of blue in the individual flowers on the flower spikes. Plectranthus argentatus Plectranthus argentatus Acer calcaratum with unusual shaped leaves. Acer calcaratum A cutting grown Camellia…

…shrub with basal new growth. Some seed clusters actually touch the ground. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Lithocarpus pachyphyllus 2023 – CHW Parastyrax species nova (BWJ15185) – one of two planted…

…hedge bindweed, Calystegia sepium, much hated by all gardeners, is a different species again.) Subsequently Colin French (Flora of Cornwall) got in touch to point out I got this wrong….

…only needed a touch up. front gates White wisteria in a yew tree in the Rookery as seen from the lawn. White wisteria Our very old Acer maximowiczianum (Acer nikoense)…

…Tregrehan garden entrance. Pachystegia insignis Pachystegia insignis Rosa ‘Alberic Barbier’ (climber) on Tom’s wall. Rosa ‘Alberic Barbier’ Rosa ‘Alberic Barbier’ Rosa ‘Golden Showers’ (climber) beside it. Rosa ‘Golden Showers’ Rosa…

…after it started. Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ As is Michelia ‘Allspice’ still with a pervading scent. M. ‘Touch of Pink’ nearby is now over barring the odd small remnant…