…Brewery During the (very slow) lunch word comes of an invitation (a summons actually) to attend a speech from the PM at 9am next morning in West Cornwall. The email…

…tall. There was some white frost overnight, quickly burnt off in the early morning sun, but not enough to damage much or any new growth. Do echiums flower in April…

…been frosted. The damage looks bad but these robust plants will easily grow through this. One of those two very early morning frosts while we were in Wales a week…

…in the early morning sun.Rhododendron reticulatum is only out in parts but still early into flower. Despite the very cold spring it has held onto quite a lot of its…

…am wrong, Quercus wislizeni? No label but we have one like this in Penvergate. Quercus wislizeni Quercus wislizeni 2016 – CHW (photos to follow) A morning with KPK inspecting various…

…Gardening for butterflies with Cynara cardunculus (flowers unpicked or eaten) and Buddleia ‘White Knight’. It was however too early in the morning for them to be up and about. Cynara…

…morning.Rhododendron loderi ‘Pink Diamond’ is battered to bits and quite useless. Just a few flowers left with the colour faded. Faded Rhododendron loderi ‘Pink Diamond’ Faded Rhododendron loderi ‘Pink Diamond’…

…Karol took of our stand as a whole with a few VIPs dotted about amongst them from yesterday morning. You make up your mind if the medal awarded was correct?…

…bark Magnolia grandiflora bark 2016 – CHW Arrived at Chelsea this morning to find we had been awarded another Gold medal. Unlike last year, but understandably, I get to the…

…Ask Asia. azalea azalea Vaccinum urceolatum in flower – most peculiar flowers which look like seeds. Vaccinum urceolatum 2017 – CHW A few extra hours sleep and a morning of…

…Rhododendron sinofalconeri 2023 – CHW A cuckoo squawking all morning. We could do with a days rain! Big wedding yesterday in Beach Meadow.In my absence at Chelsea Jaimie, Michael, and…

…peaceful instead, joy, as I have just done a round of the greenhouses, perfect morning, heavy scents in the air of Roses, Cordylines, Michelias, Honeysuckles, etcBeen doing some homework from…

…too. Eucalyptus simonosii Eucalyptus simonosii 2021 – CHW Bank holiday morning at the nursery with Justin picking out 150 unusual plants to sell at the rare plant fair at Tregrehan…

…on the ancient pink flowered Camellia sasanqua is dark bronzy-red. The white flowered forms have quite different new growth. Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua 2021 – CHW A hurried early morning…

…morning they appear to be eyeing up the very tallest battlements on the Rabbit Warren tower. Presumably they have old nests there or they will simply colonise and use old…

…sanguineum by George’s Hut. Rhododendron sanguineum 2022 – CHW A morning with Cressy and Asia identifying and locating key plants to propagate. We are two to three weeks away from…

…nuttallii has not germinated that well but perhaps a second germination to come? Rhododendron nuttallii A colourful display of dianthus at Burncoose this morning. dianthus Acanthus sennii is a new…

…it often self-ignited). Click here for photo 1 and photo 2 From: Graham Webb Sent: 05 May 2020 12:19 To: Caerhays Enquiries Subject: Tom Michael photos Good morning, The article…

…editor of the Western Morning News have a wry chuckle. 2015 – CHW CAMELLIA ‘Lulu Belle’ CAMELLIA ‘Pink Icicle’ CAMELLIA ‘Mary Costa’ Browned ‘Mary Costa’ Too overcast really for photography…