It was very cold riding up to Mt Edgcumbe on my motorbike yesterday and with ice about, not much fun. I didn't know what to expect flowerwise. I needn't have worried. Positioned as it is on the west side of Plymouth sound, I doubt whether they ever get frost of any significance. Blossom was to … Continue reading Autumn at Mt Edgcumbe
Month: November 2016
New additions, old problems
Yesterday morning was spent producing labels on a Gravograph machine. Some were for new additions to the collection, others for plants which have lost their labels for one reason or another. Today I went back to attach some of the labels, but more particularly, to put wire around some of the newly planted bushes that … Continue reading New additions, old problems
It all comes around again
My regular Mt Edgcumbe Tuesday last week was spent lifting plants from my allotment. I was able to see them in their new quarters today and very good they look too, if I say so myself. A fortnight ago I saw one camellia with a bud a day or two from opening. Today there were … Continue reading It all comes around again
Jim's Camellias 