It has always been a tradition at Torosay to go around the gardens and make a list of all the plants that are flowering on the first of the month. This is probably not a unique idea and I know for certain it was done by a certain Mr Dorrien-Smith, at Tresco Abbey gardens Isles of Scilley, over a hundred years ago. We have had some sub zero temperatures here and a relatively cold dry winter but even so there are a number of interesting subjects braving the weather...
- Latua pubiflora
- Hamamellis mollis
- Prunus subhirtella Autumnalis
- Rhododendron praecox
- Rhododendron nobelianum
- Lapageria rosea
- Mahonia japonica
- Daphne bholua
So far it does also seem that the Aeonium canariensis Zwartskopft that we always leave outside in containers in the receeses of the buttressed wall on the Lion terrace have survived the frost but its still early to be sure.
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