3rd November

…‘Jovey Carlyon’ Good autumn colour on Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata as we have seen before by Donkey Shoe. Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata The usual secondary flush of flowers on Rhododendron…

5th November

…CHW Below Slip Rail I find a nice surprise. Eriobotrya deflexa has enjoyed the warm and then wet summer and has produced a secondary flush of bright brownish red new…

31st March

…at least 20 mature magnolias in Old Park and this is the second (and best) flush after the early ones were blown away. Needless to say the camera has run…

14th August

…far, unscarred by drought. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ 2021 – CHW My favourite edge of the moor’s garden noted for its roses which were sadly nearly overA second flush of flower…

23rd June

…Euptelia polyandra with a second flush of good new growth after the rain. Euptelia polyandra This is our third plant of Styrax shirianus. The leaf structure is easily recognisable. Styrax…

28th March

…Cornus florida ‘Daybreak’ Cornus florida ‘Daybreak’ The view from the drive across to Giddle Orchard shows the second flush of magnolias. The first two were out a month ago and…

20th April

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Rain yesterday has given an Easter flush of new leaves on the…

25th April

…cup on our behalf from David Millais Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’, ‘Genie’, ‘Margaret Helen’, ‘Tikitere’ and ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’, ‘Hot Flush’, ‘Yuchelia’, ‘Banana Split’, ‘Tropicana’ and ‘Lemon Star’ 2021 –…

3rd May

flush of flower again now. Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Two of the four new species of Hedychium planted on the top wall last autumn seem to be evergreen…

7th May

…yesterday. A very slight pink flush at the base of the opening flower which fades to near white. Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ Paulownia kawakamii is not going to flower profusely…

21st June

…Cornus pumila getting going – reddish new growth. Cornus pumila Rhododendron keysii with a sudden flush of flowers. I suspect it will now die. Rhododendron keysii Rhododendron weyrichii in the…

28th June

…very much older and historic Deutzia scabra ‘Pride of Rochester’ is full out. Pink in early bud with a pink flush on the outside of some of the many white…

26th October

…last flush of flower weeks after it first showed. By now raining heavily! Myrcia laurotteana var. paraguayensis Viburnum wilsonii with even better autumn colours than a week earlier. Viburnum wilsonii…

31st July

…bud opens. Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Plenty of fat seeds on Styrax hookeri. Styrax hookeri Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ with a very late flush of secondary flower. Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Rhododendron…

2nd August

…new flush of secondary flowers much redder than those in the spring. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ 2017 – CHW You seldom see teasels in Cornwall but they are…

30th August

…King’ Sorbus hedlundii with fruits. Sorbus hedlundii Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ with a flush of late new growth. Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ More roe buck damage on a birch trunk….

3rd September

…udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ 2018 – CHW The first flush of autumn colour on Cladastris kentuckea. Cladastris kentuckea The Beast damaged Rhododendron stenaulum is shooting away nicely at all levels after…

20th September

…year which is no great surprise after the drought. Can we expect a late autumn flush of new buds? Not by the looks of it. Magnolia delavayi Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’…

25th September

…Spire’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ with branches laden down with fruit. As you can see the fruits are rose-coloured at first then changing to white with a pink flush. Very garden…

13th March 1897 – 2020

…‘Plum Pudding’. 3. The ‘Lanarth’ magnolia seedlings flowered sparsely probably disliking the last very dry summer. In the main they were out at the same time as the main flush