31st January

…R mucronulatum is going over, a few snowdrops and aconite. 1898 – JCW One or two Caerhays trumpets open. Minimus nearly at its best, snowdrops quite white crocus partly open….

12th June

…too quickly on single stemmed trees like this. Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Carpinus rankinensis with bright red secondary new growth after last week’s rain. Carpinus rankinensis…

26th January

…Cheer’ now full out above the greenhouse. Rather late this year. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ First flowers on Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole var. Busaco’. Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole var. Busaco’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’…

8th August

…even there, the flowers are hidden in with the leaves. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ 2020 – CHW Rubus phoenicolasius is ripe in parts and the young…

3rd March

…not be as dead as I thought. Daphne bholua The Cryptomeria japonicas bend dangerously in the wind. How they stay upright I do not know. Cryptomeria japonicas Snow still lies…

17th July

…mile or so apart near Arreton.Passiflora caerulea ‘Snow Queen’ rather better than the more common Passiflora ‘Constance Elliot’. Passiflora caerulea ‘Snow Queen’ Passiflora caerulea ‘Snow Queen’ We stock three varieties…

4th January

…fine but the wind has spoilt the show a bit. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘New Venture’ just out. Bred by Philip Tregunna. Camellia ‘New Venture’ A small…

20th August

…outcome. I think the shooting from the base is from below the graft. Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ making an even better show than 10…

29th October

…villosa The first flowers on Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’. This is a larger leafed and larger flowering form than others which will be in full flower in December. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’…

23rd March

…wall. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ The dovecote in the walled garden. dovecote in the walled garden Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ looking splendid. Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ Cornus sanguinea…