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Photinias in October

Photinias in October

Charles in the garden recently looking these wonderful Photinias. Photinia beauverdiana var notabilis Photinia beauverdiana var notabilisWatch this video on YouTube Photinia villosa 0:00 – Photinia villosa (pure) 2:20 – Photinia villosa var. laevis 3:33...
5 Magnolias which regularly provide secondary flowers

5 Magnolias which regularly provide secondary flowers

Charles in the garden in early September talking about secondary flowering in magnolias in early autumn. Five varieties which regularly do this:- 0:00 – Magnolia ‘March till Frost’ 2:57 – Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ 4:43 – Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ 6:02 –...
Lapageria – care, propagation & lapageria in the garden

Lapageria – care, propagation & lapageria in the garden

Lapageria – growing and propagating guide featuring (in flower) 0:00 – Introduction and growing information 1:50 – Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ 3:00 – Lapageria rosea 4:20 – Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ 5:50 – Propagation Lapageria - growing...
5 Schefflera species in the garden

5 Schefflera species in the garden

Charles in the garden looking at Schefflera. 0:00 – Schefflera taiwaniana 3:04 – Schefflera macrophylla 4:38 – Schefflera pauciflora 7:20 – Schefflera delavayi 9:40 – Schefflera rhododendrifolia Viewing of 5 species of schefflera at...
Restoration of the Kitchen Garden

Restoration of the Kitchen Garden

A major project in the gardens has been the start of clearing the area known as ‘The Kitchen Garden’, which had long been abandoned and left to overgrow.  Much work has already taken place as you will see from this video which starts in 2020 and brings us...
First time flowering at Caerhays

First time flowering at Caerhays

Charles in the garden over Easter finding this very unusual and normally considered conservatory plant in the UK flowering at Caerhays for the first time.  It’s Rhodoleia aff. parvipetala. Rhodoleia aff. parvipetala, new flowerer at CaerhaysWatch this video on...
Michelias in April

Michelias in April

Charles in the garden over the Easter weekend looking at 5 lovely Michelias. 0:00 – M. ‘Fairy Cream’ 2:00 – M. ‘Fairy White’ 3:38 – M. ‘Touch of Pink’ 5:30 – M. ‘Mixed up Miss’ 7:00 – M. ‘Fairy Blush’ Five Michelias at Caerhays in...
Jaimie’s unnamed Magnolia hybrids

Jaimie’s unnamed Magnolia hybrids

Jaimie Parsons the Head Gardener here at Caerhays, showing us two lovely Magnolia hybrids as yet unnamed, in flower in March. 0:00 Hybrid from 2005, between M. ‘F.J. Williams’ and M. campbellii. 1:22 Hybrid from 2009, between M. ‘Burncoose’ and...
Is this a new Camellia x williamsii?

Is this a new Camellia x williamsii?

Charles in the garden pointing out a chance seeding found after clearing an area. This is an x williamsii camellia and we think it might be completely new, so we will be taking samples and sending them off for the International Camellia Society to decide whether this...