21st March

…a sopt on them. 1922 – JCW Double [?] is very good. Prunus conradinae too, one or two Auklandii a good red and one or two Auklandii x white show…

11th March

…Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ battered by hailstorms earlier this week in Kennel Close. There is a large tree at Burncoose but this is its first flowering here. Magnolia denudata ‘Double

2nd January

double shape. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Still plenty of colour on the mounded Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Ocanee’. All the other forms are now leafless. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Ocanee’ This spreading…

10th May

…Rhododendron fragrantissimum 2022 – CHW Tom Hudson tipped me off that the RHS Fellows and Jim Gardiner tour gift earlier this spring was flowering well for him. A near double

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…speciosissima Helleborus ‘Double Ellen’ Helleborus ‘Double Ellen’ Trillium sessile Trillium sessile Ypsilandia tubetica – I have often wondered if we should stock this. Ypsilandia tubetica Ypsilandia tubetica Symphytum ibericum Symphytum…

26th April

…full out by Georges Hut. A popular double flowered plant which we need to propagate. Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ just showing now all of a sudden. Michelia…

12th May

…flowers are semi-double. No idea of the name but worth propagating simply to preserve it. If Asia grew 10 this would do the trick as with the one already rooted…

13th May

double hairs he refers to even with a magnifying glass. underside of the leaves To which Allen replies: Yes, these hairs are not always easy to see. On the last…

14th May

…Tamarix tetandra Tamarix tetandra Despite a heavy pruning this year Wisteria floribunda ‘Violacea Plena’ still has a few racemes of double flowers appearing on the new growth rather than the…

22nd April

…tzumu The double flowered Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ has lasted in flowers for weeks and weeks this year. Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ Eriobotrya deflexa and Embothrium lanceolatum in flower…