…Weeping’ has dark red fruits which are now falling off in the wind. Cornus kousa ‘Wendle Weeping’ Cornus kousa ‘Wendle Weeping’ Cornus kousa ‘Wendle Weeping’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis laden…

…catalogue. Here just coming out. The flower “buds” are dark red but will open white eventually. Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ View 19th January 1897 – 2020…

…reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Philippa Forwood’ is hidden away on the bank opposite the two veitchii and has a darker colouration on some of the petals. Camellia x…

…fasciculatus Pittosporum fasciculatum – large dark purple flowers. Pittosporum fasciculatum Coprosma virescens – tiny leaves. Coprosma virescens Alseuosmia banksii – yellowish ‘fuchsia-like’ flowers. Alseuosmia banksii Alseuosmia banksii Olearia erubescens –…

…see Trewithen’s tomorrow after the Great Gardens meeting. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ (dark Tregullow form) is now full out. Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ Bluebells (English!) now…

…coming out and not as dark in bud as Magnolia ‘Genie’ from a day ago. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’…

…the top of the tree. Not as dark or as large a flower as in earlier years but still impressive. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia…

…‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ is not as dark as one might have expected but still a huge flower. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia…

…We were given a plant of this last year by Lawrence Banks. Strobilanthes rankanensis Strobilanthes rankanensis Illicium simonsii full out by the tennis court at Tregrehan. Attractive dark bark and…

…to date with the named selections and their parentage.Interesting to see The Rookery where the old oaks are and the Emmenopterys trees. I quite like the feel of the darkness…

…name when it is so dark? Second flowering. Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Athrotaxus cupressoides with its peculiar foliage. Athrotaxus cupressoides This elderly camellia has not flowered for several years after it…

…cylindrica One of the original white arboreums on Burns Bank. The second plant beyond this is about to die of old age at 60ft. Too dark now to catch this….

…Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron moupinense A rather better and darker flowered Camellia granthamiana than the one photographed at Caerhays a week or so ago. This one is by the steps up…

…seedling of Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta which is supposedly darker than robusta. Not much in my opinion but it has sold well at Burncoose. It is not exactly ‘blood red’….

…reds but a month later than usual this year. Camellia ‘Dr Burnside’ A second Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’ hiding below Sinogrande Walk was a surprise. Just as dark as the one…

…Garden is now full out. A dull whitish colour. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’ is coming out in Kennel Close. Dramatically darker than shown in last year’s blog. Magnolia mollicomata…

…this spring. He has plenty of stock of :Beschorneria septentrionalis – a Mexican species with dark green leaves which will tolerate full shade and dry soil. 2L Beschorneria septentrionalis Fatsia…

…am fairly certain. Viburnum species Viburnum species Viburnum species Rhododendron albrechtii – a particularly dark flowered form and much darker than the ones in the Aucklandii Garden. Rhododendron albrechtii A…

…absolutely full out and, unlike last year or for several years before, totally undamaged. See how the colour lightens after first opening a darker pink. Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ Magnolia campbellii…

…record trees. Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’, the much darker form of Camellia ‘Donation’, which was found and propagated as a sport on a Trewithen plant. I…