…long way off.So a look at some leaves and bark on evergreen oaks above Crinodendron Hedge.This is one of Lady Anne Palmer or Alan Coombes’ Mexian evergreen oaks; or so…

…1914 – JCW The first Soleil d’or just shows colour, a few Arboreum are starting. C. Lady Clare is very nice, a big move all round in the last three…

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Ladys Maid’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Ladys Maid’ Two young plants of Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ are nicely out now as our three old plants are nearly dead…

…Radio Cornwall who introduce me as ‘the head gardener’ although the interviewer lady came to my office in the castle on arrival. Also Westcountry TV at Heligan with Tim Smit’s…

…goodish. There is no Argenteum in bloom so far. 1915 – JCW Some good Camellia Lady Clare flowers. Also two or three good plants of Arboreum x Thomsonii open now….

…The first is a campbellii seedling from the same batch as we gave Lady Mary Holborow a plant when she retired. I think we dug it up from beside this…

…Stewartianums are moving. Camellia speciosa has been very good. 1927 – JCW No Tin Garden daffs opening excepting Cyclamineus x . Lady Clare open for a week 1 flower. C…

…few, some mume, Camellia Lady Clare good, a few Cam reticulata, no cherries. 1910 – JCW Very near 1902 in daffs. Rho hodgsoni open, some Fortunei, Arboreum hybrids opening, almost…

…opening. Salicifolia above Camellias fully out. Camellia hybrids very good also Reticulata species and Lady Clare. Rhodo sutchuenense hybrids and reds at their best, red Auklandii coming. Lutescens very good….

…out. Rhododendron praestans Then the snow came down for 3 hours. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ and Camellia ‘sodekashuki’ have flowers amid the snow! Roy is now happily stuck in the Wilson…

…many Lady Clares open. 1912 – JCW (see 1897 the earliest year) CJ Backhouse over, many coloured flat eyes open and Magnolia halleana (stellata) is good. The red ribes are…

…the old planting records and Camellia ‘Noblissima’ and Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ came here in 1895. Clearly they were planted side by side outside the front door so C ‘Noblissima’ (or…

…for the time of the year either. ‘Lady Clare’ still not showing and the ‘Cornish Snow’ below Donkey Shoe still has no flowers out. 2018 – CHW Another plant of…

…trailing species, is a shy flowerer. Rhododendron radicans Rhododendron ‘Barnaby Sunset’ is Rhododendron flavidum x Rhododendron Lady Roseberry Group. More the former than the latter. Entirely new to us –…

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…or hose in hose flowers. I once judged Nigel Holman’s exhibit at the Cornwall Garden Society show as ‘Not According to Schedule’ and he was lapel grabbing cross. Lady Falmouth…

…180 Miss Marble (fastigiate) C3 80/100 Nelly C3 80/100 Pink Butterfly C7,5 140 Summer Lady C7,5 120/140 April Melody C3 80/100 Avalon C3 60/80 Black Tulip x Ian’s Red #01…

…The sister plant to the retirement gift given to Lady Mary Holborow. unnamed hybrid The old Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta seedling by the kennels. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta seedling Another…

…nice way of hanging down on the bush before they open fully. Well worth growing. Camellia x williamsii ‘Ladys Maid’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Ladys Maid’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Ladys Maid’…

…needs propagating by Asia later in the summer. A particularly good form of Rhododendron ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ (arboreum). Better than 2 or 3 others in the garden. Rhododendron ‘Lady Montagu’…