…in our climate. This is the third variety to flower in the nursery this year. Lagerstroemia indica ‘Red Emperor’ Lagerstroemia indica ‘Red Emperor’ Passiflora edulis with a couple of fruits…

…Rhus typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’ Our stock plant of Pseudowintera ‘Red Leopard’ is the best thing in the nursery today as regards autumn colour. Outstanding! Pseudowintera ‘Red Leopard’ Pseudowintera ‘Red Leopard’…

…Michael has arranged for the old Rain Gauge to be repaired and restored. During lockdown we spent hours trying to find one similar to the two I remember from childhood…

…come through. One of my father’s hybrids which we have registered to commemorate the centenary of the RHS Rhododendron, Camellia & Magnolia Group. registration certificate Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ Rhododendron ‘Red…

…Magnolia globosa Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ at its very best. Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ An extraordinary sight. Secondary flowers on a red flowered tree peony in October! red flowered…

…Oddly the two nights of minor frost earlier this week have caught the flowers on Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Three lots of fungi (two the same) on a…

…and encroach onto the path. ‘Cornish Red’ rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ rhododendron Nearby Camellia ‘Jovey Carlyon’ has its first flowers. This camellia was previously in rather more shade under a huge…

…x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s…

…Gem’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’ Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’ Malus brevipes ‘Wedding Bouquet’ Malus brevipes ‘Wedding Bouquet’ Malus baccata Malus baccata Malus evereste Malus…

…darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica…

…will not be laughing at long Covid in a hurry after today, finally feeling rather more normal and less tired. A Christmas to forget if ever there was one. Grim…

…year’s propagation. young rhododendron plants Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ now coming into flower. A little later than usual I suspect. Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ 2023 – CHW A long suffering ‘Christmas Rose’…

…single flower on it. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ The large Drimys winteri has a mass of buds nearly open. This Chilean plant normally flowers in April and is…

…Shine’ Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ is much redder on the back side of the flowers than the front but much darker overall than the other two. Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ Helleborus ‘Anna’s…

…Camellia ‘Monica Dance’ Camellia ‘Monica Dance’ A compact growing single red japonica of unknown name A compact growing single red japonica of unknown name A compact growing single red japonica…

…drooping flowers from equally odd, reddish buds in an odd formation. Clearly it flowers progressively over a long period. We have just the damp place in the Rockery for this…

…flowered Magnolia campbellii yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii The record Magnolia campbellii is now full out and ‘Spring has Sprung’ at Caerhays in…

…Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’. Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Buds opening on Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ The start of Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ The New Zealand form of Magnolia…

…Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ – one plant just coming out. Cut some to go to the RHS rhododendron registrar. Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ 2016 – CHW…

…Camellia reticulata ‘Red Crystal’ with a flower although it is only a one year cutting. Note the beetle hiding in the anthers and, presumably, eating the pollen. Camellia reticulata ‘Red…