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by julie | Jan 29, 2019
‘The Smellies’ RHS Lecture Scented Rhododendrons by Charles Williams (“The Smellies”) RHS Lecture by Charles Williams (“The Smellies”) There are about 650 species of rhododendrons growing in temperate climates but I intend here to refer to just a few of...
by julie | Jan 29, 2019
Old Park Wood Rhododendrons In Old Park Wood Rhododendron seed collected from the wild in China by the great plant explorers Ernest Wilson and George Forrest first started arriving back at Caerhays from 1905. Forrest’s seventh and last seed hunting expedition which...
by julie | Jan 28, 2019
J.C Williams by the Rt Rev J W Hunkin – Page 2 Among the Rhododendrons which appear to have flowered at Caerhays before they did so anywhere else in the British Isles, the following may be mentioned: adenopodum, FORREST’S Beesianun (April 1927),...
by julie | Jan 28, 2019
J.C. Williams By the Rt Rev J W Hunkin, Bishop of Truro J C Williams was a very private man and the following article was written as an obituary by the Rt Rev J W Hunkin who was an entusiastic amateur gardener and friend. John Charles Williams was born at...
by julie | Jan 28, 2019
J.C. Williams An Enthusiast – by F.J. Williams [Presidential Address to Royal Institute of Cornwall, November 1998] This talk will inevitably cover too much in a superficial way, but it is primarily an attempt to assess the contribution made by Caerhays and J.C....
