A Cornish Garden in Spring

[TC]

David

I hear the call of the South West once more !  I think it must be time to visit my sister in Plymouth again. It's 3 years since we visited all the spectacular gardens in this area - even some in Devon !  Lanhydrock was our favourite although Caerhays and Trewithen were close runners-up.  Despite my best intentions, the car was laden with Magnolias and Acers after a visit to Burncoose nursery.  If you haven't been before, I would recommend the Japanese Garden just outside the old RAF base of St. Mawgan. Anyway, a great set of pictures

[cohan]

lovely! there's really nothing better than spring flowers, and the mature flowering trees are really splendid!

[Susan]

Wonderful, wonderful.

Susan

[ian mcenery]

David  here are a few shots from Caerhays last week

The castle itself looking towards the sea (not a castle but a gothic revival type from 18/19 century)
Rhodo keysii have seen this growing in the wild in Bhutan
Magnolia veitchii the tree about 100ft tall - there were several of these plus a close up
M  Caerhays Suprise . I will post a piccie of mine in the flowering now thread.

M mollicomata campbellii
R concatennans
R desquamatum absolutely eye hurting

[ian mcenery]

Now a few from Trewithen

R davisonianum
R macabeanum unfortunately over but a plant with deep yellow flowers unfortunately not easy to photograph on any setting. Also a close up. This plant 20 /25 ft high was about 30 across.
R spinuliferum
A general view for one of the veiwing platforms in the garden. R Endsleigh Pink is on the right. Have a nice plant of this myself now
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[Luc Gilgemyn]

Smashing pictures Ian !
Thanks for sharing !

[Lvandelft]

Oooooh, why are these beautiful gardens so far away 

[David Nicholson]

Thaks for those Ian, beautiful. I'm trying to catch up at the moment pending a visit to Yorkshire at the end of next week including the Harrogate Spring Gardening Show, so visits to Trewithen and Caerhays look as though they will have to wait until next year.

[Eric Locke]

Many wonderfull gardens to visit in Cornwall at all times of the year.

Eric

[Paul T]

Those R concatennans, spinuliferum and keysii are just amazing.  Never seen Rhodos like them before.  I will have to look out for them, as would love to grow them.  So very different!!!!!!!

Thanks for all the wonderful pictures.  What a place!!!!!