…So a pretty poor show on the drive anyway. Sorbus ‘Golden Wonder’ has zero fruits and Sorbus forrestii is bare too. All these plants, and several more, flowered well in…

…Leiden. M plemp, 223, Golden Bell, Victoria, also many of our best saucer eyes, Dante, 137. 1900 – JCW Took the pollen out of the first Lulworth, saw a bit…

…UK in early January. Quite how he will now get back to the UK for the birth in April remains a worry to us all.Saw some golden plover today near…

…– small leaved form. Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Merlyn’ Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Merlyn’ Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Merlyn’ Phyllostachys aurea ‘Koi’ – golden yellow canes striped with bright green in the groove. Phyllostachys aurea ‘Koi’…

…JCW Golden Bell, Emperor and Horsfieldii most of them opening, a few Princep M, 116 several, Commodore most, and the early Poeticus, with Dante. 1897 – JCW Wilsoni, Major and…

…the cashpoint has emerged unexpectedly from an overpowering podocarpus. You cannot say it is flowering early and no earlier than the Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole var Talavera’ shown on Monday. Rhododendron…

…‘Astro Pink’ below White Stiles. Narcissus ‘Astro Pink’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ above the kennels. Not very golden really as I have commented before. Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Then…

…veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ and ‘Isca’ is suddenly blown open. Ever since the last two golden weeping willow trees died and fell over in the Kitchen Garden I have been trying…

…Akathu Kinokana’ Prunus ‘Matsumae Akathu Kinokana’ (Bamboo) Chusquea couleou nicely pruned to show off its stems properly. Chusquea couleou Chusquea couleou Acer negundo ‘Kellys Gold’ with flower and emerging golden…

…cryptomerioides Amelanchier sanguinea below the path on Sinogrande Walk. Another fairly unexciting variety. Amelanchier sanguinea A rare sighting of Rhododendron ponticum in flower above the Fernery. Very little ponticum not…

…‘Silver Leaf’ in the garden here. These are the new and rather more golden new growth leaves on Neolitsea sericea at Burncoose Nurseries. Neolitsea sericea ‘Silver Leaf’ Prostanthera incana is…

…worthy and attractive. Both these Sorbus were gifts to us from Trevor Green. The adjacent Sorbus ‘Golden Wonder’ is the largest of the three but has no fruits at all…

…Neolitsea sericea ‘Yellow Leaf’ (CWJ 12830) – now a third form of N. sericea to admire. Very golden! Neolitsea sericea ‘Yellow Leaf’ (CWJ 12830) A newly planted Rhododendron vaseyi ‘White…

…golden beech is still not fully in leaf at the Four in Hand. Rhododendron aberconwayi is another far too far on for Chelsea. Rhododendron aberconwayi Rhododendron aberconwayi A wild clump…

…is short lived but this is the Chyverton form with delicious furry golden indumentum to the new growth. I may be wrong but I think it is the Indian form…

…orchid has popped up by my parents’ golden wedding plaque. We see very few of these at Caerhays. I assume it lay dormant for decades when this area was covered…

…intricate pompom flowers as you see here. Eucalyptus simonosii Eucalyptus simonosii Flowers just out on Liriodendron chinense at Slip Rail. No flowers out yet on L. tulipifera or the golden…

…udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ growing side by side. Elaeagnus ‘Quicksilver’ Huge clumps of Rhododendron ponticum cut back from beside The Cottage to make room for the scaffolding needed to reroof the…

…a ‘sacrifice’ in a new planting. It will soon be time to remove it as it has done its job. Slightly golden leaves and bark. Tiny but prolific flowers. Olearia…

…up to 4ft in semi shade and full out today. Pure white with golden centres. Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ Anemone hupehensis ‘September Charm’ –…