…x thompsoniana (Magnolia virginiana x Magnolia tripetala) is the correct identification. It has had some flowers out for a few weeks but now a big show high up. Magnolia x…

…just turning colour. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ now full out. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Catalpa bignonoides suddenly out. Catalpa bignonoides Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ starting to turn…

…was over mature, very elderly and in serious need of rejuvenation but a big risk with a historic tree which came here in 1923. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Eucryphia x…

…just the big leaved species but many younger smaller leaved species too. rhododendrons are now dying rhododendrons are now dying First flowers out on the sport of ‘Donation’ called Camellia…

…flowers in the front were from the 2 bushes at Trewithen. Striking how much bigger the Trewithen flowers are when compared with what i am used to seeing here. In…

…big quarry. One Saluenensis in the way of a Pink (dark) form above Crino hedge fit to pick, just opening. A lot of daffs up. Some fuchsias and lapagerias. One…

…1913 – JCW Cassia good and so solanum, lapagerias and C sasanquas. Roses fair, hydrangeas fair – no frost yet. We are now planting the big plants from Coombe Wood…

…plants for the Caerhays sales point. The gardens at Caerhays open on the 20th February.Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ is a particularly vulgar blotched colour mixture but a big and bold flower…

…wind into the main garden so we must expect a few big trees to blow down above the clearing. Fortunately the laurel, beech and ilex oaks planted above the path…

…and a big let down in comparison to previous years. I found little to photograph. Lavandula allardii ‘Meerlo’ – oddly variegated. Lavandula allardii ‘Meerlo’ Lavandula allardii ‘Meerlo’ Monarda ‘Balmy Pink’…