…their ‘sport’! First flowers showing on Magnolia dawsoniana and no frost damage. Magnolia dawsoniana Part of yesterday’s planting all staked and wired. yesterday’s planting A huge Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ now…

…x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ 2019 – CHW Some nice things along Sinogrande Walk. Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ with its new leaves emerging. Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ Acer x…

…better colour I suspect. Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ The magnolia above the Top Wall, a Magnolia ‘FJW’ seedling, is now full out and quite a sight from the…

…– CHW Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ is starting to come out by Georges Hut. A very good red indeed and a Caerhays hybrid. About its normal flowering time. Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’…

…nursery in our new seed production house. Dodonea viscosa First flowers out on Edgworthia ‘Red Dragon’ at Burncoose. Edgworthia ‘Red Dragon’ An excellent new crop of customer information notice boards…

…autumn colour First flowers on Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ in the same place as last year and more or less the same time. Slightly insipid and malformed flowers. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’…

…of Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’. He wondered if it was Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ but its too dark a pink in colour. The leaf and habit is also all wrong…

…Red’ on the Burncoose website. Hilliers states ‘striking shades of bright red and orange’. What I am seeing is hardly this but this is fairly typical of Cornwall’s mild climate…

…seed tassels. Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ First black fruits ever on Crataegus chlorosarca. Crataegus chlorosarca Crataegus tanacetifolia covered in yellowish fruits. Crataegus tanacetifolia Crataegus tanacetifolia Crataegus…

…garden No idea what this is? No idea what this is Red currants. Red currants Clematis montana with just a hint of pink. Clematis montana Clematis montana var. rubens growing…

…a good month after it first started flowering. Buddleia lindleyana Buddleia lindleyana Seed heads on Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ An unusual combination – Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red…

…‘Cornish Red’ in the mist houses. The new growth is now clean and ready for propagation. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Another mist house of rooted camellia cuttings ready to pot on….

…doing little red or emberish at this stage in the year. Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Green Queen’ is another new one but very ‘plain’ indeed! Quite long and vigorous new…

…today. Azaleas and Rhodos Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ still have good flowers weeks after first opening. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Maddenia wilsonii…

…‘Maya’ Red new growth on the tender Quercus insignis. Quercus insignis Symplocos dryophylla full out. Another plant has died but this one is very well sheltered by other things. Symplocos…

…from the Rhododendron Barclayi Group. Since this is Rh. ‘Glory of Penjerrick’ x Rh. thomsonii. I have my doubts. Where the red has vanished to? Rhododendron ‘Manglesii’ An unnamed vase…

…fernery is always covered in flower. Did Asia remember to propagate it last year? unnamed red evergreen azalea unnamed red evergreen azalea In Old Park an excellent white deciduous azalea…

…in full flower. Symplocos aff dumicola Eriobotrya deflexa in flower and with fallen red leaves on the ground as the red new growth emerges. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa First flowering…

…double flowered Rhododendron fastuosum ‘Flore Pleno’. Rhododendron fastuosum ‘Flore Pleno’ Our own bred Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ named after an estate farm (as are several others). Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ Attractive new…

…rather interrupting lunch! HRH visits the Cornwall Red Squirrel Project stand HRH visits the Cornwall Red Squirrel Project HRH visits the Cornwall Red Squirrel Project 2017 – CHW A wet…