…known it as the quince below Slip Rail. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Umbilicata’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Umbilicata’ Camellia grisjii full out. Camellia grisjii Camellia grisjii Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ and Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’….

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Petite’ and Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’ out together. Camellia sasanqua…

…Liriodendron chinense The first flowers on Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ are too high up the plant to photograph properly in the wind but plenty of lower buds nearly out. A little…

…– JCW No snow so far, not much frost. Geraniums holding on. Lapagerias several. Camellia sasanqua a few. Some roses. We have lately had real rain in a dry autumn….

…tomorrow. The tarmac boys Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ now full out by Donkey Shoe. Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ below Donkey Shoe now also full out…

…with its first flowers in the Rockery. Azalea stenopetalum ‘Linearifolium’ The first snowdrop flower partly eaten by a pheasant or a mouse? Ten days early perhaps. snowdrop flower A primrose…

…front gates but there is still a fine show above as you can see. Camellia x williamsii Camellia x williamsii Camellia x williamsii The first snowdrops are out in flower…

…Postill’ First snowdrops just about out 2 days ago. The big clumps on Bond Street are much further on already. snowdrops 2022 – CHW Everything sodden but little damage in…

…Williams’ above Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’. A wonderful flowering combination. Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ out in Higher Quarry Nursery bed but not yet elsewhere in the garden. Rhododendron ‘Ostara’…

…single stem. Schefflera rhododendrifolia (CWJ 9075) Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ covered in flowers but dropping. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Rehderodendron kwangtungense still retains some leaves – nearly evergreen hare n a mild…

…williamsii ‘Celebration’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ has not moved on much in its second week of showing colour. Still no flowers properly open. Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ A Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’…

…spring; the snowdrops. Again the diary can readily demonstrate that they appeared exactly on time at Caerhays on around 10th January. They have often been earlier and are now, as…

…Rhododendron ‘P J Mezzit’ Rhododendron ‘P J Mezzit’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Rhododendron ‘Snow Lady’ Prunus incisa ‘Odariko’ Prunus incisa ‘Odariko’ Prunus incisa ‘Odariko’ Rhododendron barbatum (Needham 473) Rhododendron barbatum (Needham…

…triphyllum Plenty of berries on a female form of Ilex cornuta. Ilex cornuta Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ covered in secondary flowers as it was last year. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Hoheria stylosa ‘Snow White’…

…well – as is J.C.W. A flower on Keysii – flowers Bo- Peep. 2 Cornish Snow on drive. Returning Loder cup.1964 – FJW Charles had nice harvest of snowdrops. George…

…and boulders Sleet and snow later in the day which did not settle here but produced 8-10in on the north coast. The magnolias outside the back yard survive intact. 2018…

…well open. Made my first cross mon x min. 1902 – JCW Heavy snow three inches everywhere. 1897 – JCW Forsythia is out, snowdrops going back, several Caerhays single opening….

…var. Talavera behind. Pinus insigni Camellia x willimasii ‘Galaxie’ with rather variable and poorish flowers but still a fine show 4 days after Storm Emma and the snow has passed….

…Orange’ Callicarpa shirasawanum with less berries than last year but still outstanding. Callicarpa shirasawanum Callicarpa shirasawanum No colour showing yet on Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ The unnamed Camellia…

…is still happening but frost risks severe. Easy to root from cuttings. Xanthocyparis vietnamensis Xanthocyparis vietnamensis 2017 – CHW Very heavy rain all day. Cold north wind and snow up…