by julie | Mar 6, 2020 | News, vlog
Charles looking at the planting in ‘The Tin Garden’, which was an area of the garden originally used by his Great Grandfather for breeding daffodils. This area has been cleared and is now a memorial garden to his Father, with all the Magnolias,...
by julie | Mar 6, 2020 | vlog
Charles in the garden this week looking at the wonderful large magnolias in full flower from a distance in Old Park Wood.
by julie | Feb 27, 2020 | vlog
Much excitement in the garden this month, as the newly planted (17 years ago!) Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ has flowered properly for the first time, giving us a glimpse of yellow buds which open and fade to white. Come to the Gardens soon before this...
by julie | Feb 27, 2020 | vlog
Charles Williams in the garden this weekend, looking at the ‘true’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ and a New Zealand ‘Lanarth’. Both in full flower at Caerhays in February/March. Formally known as Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata...
by julie | Feb 12, 2020 | vlog
Charles in the garden showing us the early flowering of many Magnolias ready for the gardens which open here next Monday 17th Feb 2020.
by julie | Dec 13, 2019 | vlog
October and November in the garden here at Caerhays brings us the wonderfully scented sasanqua Camellias. Charles discusses five of them below.
by julie | Jul 2, 2019 | vlog
Just a couple of weeks after the closure of the gardens to the public our 25 year old Magnolia insignis has flowered for the first time. It has wonderful pink flowers which cover the plant as you can see from the video. This plant was originally named Manglietia...
by julie | Jun 4, 2019 | News, vlog
Although very much a spring garden, Caerhays still has lots to offer the visitor in June. It’s easy to think that there is nothing left to see in the gardens here at Caerhays as the spring magnolias and rhododendrons are over, however that is not the case....
by julie | May 22, 2019 | vlog
Now is the perfect time to visit Caerhays before the Gardens close on Sunday 16th June, which is also our charity fete day. We have a large collection of horse chestnuts which are coming into flower now and will look great until mid-June. Charles shows us 4 of these...
by julie | May 17, 2019 | vlog
This plant a bi-generic tree of two species, it was originally a grafted plant and it appears the graft and the stock plant have merged to become a chimera so you can see both laburnum and cytisus flowers on the same plant. Last year it was on Burncoose’s...
