…williamsii ‘Red Dahlia’ with its first flower. Camellia x williamsii ‘Red Dahlia’ 2021 – CHW Last night the RHS announced that Chelsea 2021 is to be moved from late May…

…Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ well out in Tin Garden. This diary saw flowers on this plant last October. Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ is not as good a ‘blue’ flower as…

…flowered Magnolia campbellii yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii yellow flowered Magnolia campbellii The record Magnolia campbellii is now full out and ‘Spring has Sprung’ at Caerhays in…

…Shine’ Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ is much redder on the back side of the flowers than the front but much darker overall than the other two. Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ Helleborus ‘Anna’s…

…Camellia reticulata ‘Red Crystal’ with a flower although it is only a one year cutting. Note the beetle hiding in the anthers and, presumably, eating the pollen. Camellia reticulata ‘Red…

…Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ – one plant just coming out. Cut some to go to the RHS rhododendron registrar. Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ 2016 – CHW…

…Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’. Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Buds opening on Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ The start of Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ The New Zealand form of Magnolia…

…x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramer’s…

…its red fruits which taste like strawberries. Perhaps a sale for Burncoose here but they will need a couple of hundred plants to produce a viable crop. A nice market…

…purple when you look closely. Cercidophyllum ‘Red Fox’ Cercidophyllum ‘Red Fox’ Cercidophyllum ‘Red Fox’ Styrax serrulatus nearly out. Styrax serrulatus Styrax serrulatus Magnolia virginiana has the odd flower in bud,…

…scoparium ‘Red Damask’ beside the garden entrance. Leptospermum scoparium ‘Red Damask’ Four shire horses arrive in a huge lorry. shire horses An enormous bouncy castle and tents await the influx….

…from Chile although Clare’s research suggests there may be more to this yet. Griselinia scandens Today’s plants delivered back to Caerhays from various sources. plants delivered back to Caerhays 2018…

…red rhodo by the Acer griseum is the best thing at the top of the garden. Looks like an auklandii x thompsonii cross. old red rhodo old red rhodo Rhododendron…

…was cleared of dead apple trees and replanted 30 years ago. The cherries have matured and died already. Some rhododendron hybrids are making a show and only a few magnolias…

…decorum out earlier than expected by Tin Garden. Rhododendron decorum Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’. Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’ The Caerhays bred and paler coloured form of Rhododendron ‘Moonstone’. Rhododendron ‘Moonstone’ Rhododendron ‘Moonstone’…

…the church to see the 2024 Flower Festival with the grandchildren. The entrance adorned with Cornus ‘Satomi’. All sponsored by Burncoose Nurseries. The theme is Cornish industries. The scent overwhelming….

…red jungle fowl I had always admired Abies delavayi with its dark blue spiky seed cones at Tregothnan. Now we have our own plant 15 years old and producing 50…

…year’s propagation. young rhododendron plants Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ now coming into flower. A little later than usual I suspect. Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ 2023 – CHW A long suffering ‘Christmas Rose’…

…to Mars’ Mangave ‘Moonglow’ likewise. Mangave ‘Moonglow’ Lonicera periclymenum ‘Red Gables’ wasn’t bad although not that different. Lonicera periclymenum ‘Red Gables’ Trachelospermum ‘Star of Milano’ was another one with a…

…into cultivation. The picture of the fruits in this book match exactly the picture shown here of our plant. The red berries will turn a dark purple-red later. If it…