by cornishgardens | Jul 4, 2018 | Plants
Photographs: Charles Francis December 2016: There will be much carousing and banging of drums in the orchards at Cotehele seven days before Christmas. This traditional wassail ceremony is all about encouraging the trees to produce a good crop of apples next...
by cornishgardens | Jul 4, 2018 | Plants
Photographs: Charles Francis June 2016: Charlie Brown is in the naughty corner. But the eye-catching clematis with the flamboyant bright pink blooms will soon be ready to be replanted in the garden at Roseland House. Clematis viticella ‘Charlie...
by cornishgardens | Jun 12, 2018 | Plants
Photographs: Charles Francis April 2008: When the first camellias came to Cornwall, on board 18th century merchant ships, they were thought to be so fragile that they could only survive if they were pampered in expensive glasshouses. The early enthusiasts who...
