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Moving sacrificial Camellias

Moving sacrificial Camellias

Garden maintenance is always ongoing and these camellias have found a new home on the path to Old Park, after serving their purpose higher up in the garden as a windbreak for 20 odd years. Windbreak camellias and how to move themWatch this video on...
Yellow Magnolias are out

Yellow Magnolias are out

Charles in the garden this weekend at Caerhays with 4 lovely yellow magnolias to show. 0:00 – Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ 1:08 – Magnolia ‘Tranquillity’ 1:44 – Magnolia ‘Banana Spilt’ 2:29 – Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ Yellow magnolias are out at...
Children go free this Easter

Children go free this Easter

Brave the weather this weekend and come to the gardens at Caerhays, children can come in free during the Easter holidays. Free entry to the gardensfor Children over EasterWatch this video on...

Flowering Lindera

Charles in the garden at the end of March looking at flowering Lindera, including background information on six featured species. Linderas in flower at CaerhaysWatch this video on YouTube 0:00 – Introduction 1:12 – Lindera angustifolia 2:18 – Lindera...
Aucuba omeiensis at Burncoose

Aucuba omeiensis at Burncoose

Charles in the gardens at Burncoose looking at Aucuba omeiensis, which is not classed as a shrub but a tree.  This one is in flower, however being male with no females nearby it wil not produce bright red berries. Aucuba omeiensis in March at BurncooseWatch this video...
New Magnolia Hybrids

New Magnolia Hybrids

Charles showing us 4 great new hybrids at Caerhays, currently in full flower 0:00 – Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ 2:06 – Magnolia cylindrica x campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ 3:29 – Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ 4:28 – Magnolia ‘Olav...
Gunnera manicata & the RHS / DEFRA ban

Gunnera manicata & the RHS / DEFRA ban

Charles in the garden, in the dormant gunnera beds describing the regulation madness which now affects Gunnera manicata. Gunnera manicata and the RHS Defra banWatch this video on...
First time flowering of this new Magnolia cross.

First time flowering of this new Magnolia cross.

Back in 2009 Jaimie and Michael created this cross of Magnolia ‘Altlas’ and Magnolia ‘Lanarth’, and we have waited many years to see what the flowers would be like.  They are an amazing pink and very large. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia...
Magnolia ‘F.J. Williams’ first time flowering

Magnolia ‘F.J. Williams’ first time flowering

This week at Caerhays gardens we see a young Magnolia ‘F.J. Williams’, planted in 2011, flowering for the first time as a splendid welcome to visitors at the entrance to Old Park Wood and Kitchen Garden. Magnolia FJ Williams - first time floweringWatch this video on...