…Shake’ ‘Double Orange Centre’ ‘Double Orange Centre’ ‘Double Rose’ ‘Double Rose’ 2020 – CHW So out of lockdown we go! Vean, holiday lets all open for business again under all…

…at wildflowers in the Isla Rose Plantation where stumps were grubbed three years ago and a whole new crop of wildflowers and grasses have emerged from the bare earth.Another good…

…Belle’ Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ just coming out in the Isla Rose. Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ Eight years from planting the Isla Rose Plantation and the magnolias are starting to make a…

…release on the Lizard Peninsula. Isle of Wight squirrels sign 2018 – CHW A fine crop of blueberries are emerging on the newly planted plants in the Isla Rose Plantation….

…(then) ‘species nova’ The typical branch/trunk formation on Magnolia dawsoniana. Magnolia dawsoniana Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ is just coming out in a pot. At Tregullow last week they had a…

…This is a perennial form not an annual. Lizzie’s ‘Honesty’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ is now out in the Rockery. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ The new gate on the tower…

…only minor die back (as yet) on Hypericum lancasteri. Hypericum lancasteri Another windblown branch from Acacia citrinoviridis on the bonfire pile. Acacia citrinoviridis Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ has small flowers…

…Drive & Kennel Close. Drive & Kennel Close The piles for Aucklandii Garden and Crinodendum hedge. The piles for Aucklandii Garden Styrax area and Isla Rose. Styrax area and Isla…

…off. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ perhaps the best thing in the garden today in the cold wind. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Acacia cultriformis with…

…below the castle. new spaces new spaces Topiary and shrouded statues. Topiary and shrouded statues David Austin has supplied new roses to go into the rose garden. new roses Here…

…Perfume’ in the Isla Rose Plantation really does have a gorgeous scent and is making a nicely shaped tree. Very floriferous at a young age. Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s…

…‘Avocet’ (M. x veitchii ‘Isla’ x M. x soulangeana) First flowers just showing on Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ 2023 – CHW A few pictures of the family and…

…‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ is yellow in bud but fades to cream with a pronounced red stripe. Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ Magnolia ‘Sunrise’ Magnolia ‘Avocet’ just out in the Isla Rose…

…x M. ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ just opening. Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ with its first flower – 2023 planted and…

…Rhododendron formosum and Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ out already. Rhododendron formosum Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ and its first flowers here – probably going to be a good…

…but petals all over the path. Magnolia mollicomata A newly arrived Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ with its first smallish flowers. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Magnolia sprengeri var. Diva ‘Copeland Court’ nicely out…

…for sale in the nursery. citrus and calamondin Back then to Caerhays. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ flowering for the first time in the Isla Rose Plantation. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’ also…

…unless the pheasants get at them first. SYRINGA vulgaris ‘Primrose’ SYRINGA vulgaris ‘Primrose’ Syringa vulgaris ‘Primrose’ – I do not really like common (vulgaris) lilacs because they remind me of…

…Moore. Deutzia calycosa Deutzia calycosa Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose and Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’. Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose Viburnum wrightii. Viburnum wrightii Viburnum betulifolium ‘Hohuanshan’ from Taiwain. A Crug Farm introduction…

…The pink quickly fades but is left in stripes on the tepals. Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’ Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’ Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’ Rhododendron ‘Assaye’ – Caerhays bred. Rhododendron ‘Assaye’ Rhododendron ‘Assaye’…