21st March

…one White Queen, Mag halleana open. (Hand Written note attached to Garden Book Page) Rhodo’s in flower at Caerhays 1931 * = in flower in 1932 Repens, Scabrifolium*, Spinuliferum*, Sulfureum*,…

6th October

…quite how large the seed heads are on Camellia reticulata. Camellia reticulata Hedychium maximum (BSWJ 8261a) just coming out. A huge flower spike and very late into the Hedychium season….

4th June

…his eldest brother’s things and thought we might like to keep and put on display his medals. There was also an album of photographs from 1981 showing the Queen Mother’s…

22nd May

…one. Rhodie didymum cross Rhodie didymum cross A clump of three Rhododendron didymum x ? hybrids by the Magnolia veitchii are covered in flower. Never seen these as good. Enkianthus…

2nd June

…williamsii. Carmichaelia williamsii Leptospermum liversidgei. Leptospermum liversidgei Our own Acacia mearnsii which we planted as A. dealbata. We were advised that A. mearnsii was the correct name but I am…

21st May

…Kendal at Chelsea The Queen at Chelsea 2017 – CHW The echiums have not made it so go into the skip which leaves rather a big empty hole. The Magnolia…

13th March

…on. 1901 – JCW Back from Lanarth, he has one incomp open, Queen Bep, I have none. Cernuus is hardly open, H Irving well, Maximus mostly, Caerhays a good many….

12th March

…are nothing like the orange tones of our plants. The Queen Mother’s 1984 planted magnolia by George’s Hut is looking very fine today just before it rained. Its more or…

11th March

…catalogue and needs to be photographed! It was in Old Park nestled in by an old Quercus acuta and a Quercus phillyreoides. Cinnamomum japonicum Cinnamomum japonicum Tree surgery on more…

8th March

…together with a selection of photographs of the tree and flower taken today. There is no certainty that the name ‘Queen Elizabeth’ or the plant itself will be accepted by…