…Much hassle yesterday from the Forestry Commission. A couple of years ago there was a scare about a new disease in sweet chestnuts. The Forestry Commission overflew Caerhays twice and…

…Magnolia x veitchii Magnolia x veitchii Magnolia ‘Sweet Merlot’ beside it. Magnolia ‘Sweet Merlot’ Suddenly 3 dead young yew trees in the Rookery. Roots waterlogged I would say. 3 dead…

…at Rescassa. Rescassa Squirrel damage on a young sweet chestnut in Old Park. sweet chestnut 2019 – CHW A strange excitement at 7.20am this morning. As I sit letter writing…

…wild) I end up ordering lots for Caerhays and Burncoose gardens and will leave Clare to do the serious catalogue stuff. Quite fun spending a little (£5,000) of the Burncoose…

…All Western Hunt meetings stopped. I stayed in London as transport impossible and Mary at Penzance 1ft in backyard. 1944 – CW Single Camellias almost at their best. Lady Clare…

…a week to shake off the frost. Engelhart and Clare were here for Sunday. 1908 – JCW The show at Truro. De Graaf just out in a hot place, very…

…film crew, plastic flowers in the Camellia Lady Clare, fake urns with plastic flowers and a decorated summerhouse. It all goes tomorrow thankfully. If you don’t know already parts of…

…A Burncoose day over, amongst budget meetings and photography we found time to prepare a pre Chelsea video which you can see here. [for Clare for forwarding to Adrian Agley…

…not the flower and this is a large multi stemmed spreading tree of 20ft or so (one of three in a roadside verge). Steve and Clare in the office cannot…

…camellias thrive touching the sea.Camellia x williamsii ‘Charlotte Petherick’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Charlotte Petherick’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Charlotte Petherick’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Porthpean’ nearly over. ‘Lady Clare’ in the parentage?…