8th September

…‘Blue Fortune’ likewise. Agastache fren. ‘Blue Fortune’ Agastache fren. ‘Blue Fortune’ Dichroa febrifuga Dichroa febrifuga Dichroa febrifuga A new species of tender beschorneriaBeschorneria albiflora. Beschorneria albiflora Beschorneria albiflora…

12th May 1897 – 2020

…lie on the tree fern trunk at 45°. After the show if we do not sell it we can cut the flower off for the return trip. Beschorneria flower Beschorneria

15th February

…open to the elements. Beschorneria Beschorneria A raging sea and then something I have never seen in the garden before in a gale. I spotted a large white blob at…

11th December

…palms, agaves and beschorneria. A bit more sheltered here. the spot for the palms, agaves and beschorneria the spot for the palms, agaves and beschorneria The rest of the fruiting…

15th May 1897 – 2020

Beschorneria calciola Beschorneria calciola Beschorneria calciola Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’ Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’ On the way to Burncoose I stop in Carnon Downs to photograph…

11th February

…‘Brentry’ is an interesting yellow colour. Relatively new to the Burncoose website. Hamamelis mollis ‘Brentry’ Nice plants of Beschorneria septentrionalis. Beschorneria septentrionalis Flowers on Othonna cheirifolia which I had not…

19th May

…lanceolatum ‘Ñorquinco’. Lily martagon ‘Sunny Morning’ and Embothrium lanceolatum ‘Ñorquinco’ Beschorneria septentrionalis with its extraordinary flower. Beschorneria septentrionalis Across the stand. Across the stand Across the stand The Chelsea team…

27th October

…it started producing a show. Not yet as good as the one which used to grow in the old conservatory at Burncoose House. Fascicularia bicolour Beschorneria calcicola is a new…

3rd March

…Truro station to greet rail travellers and promote this event. The speeches with Toby Ashworth, owner of The Nare hotel. Toby Ashworth A Burncoose Nurseries visit today. Beschorneria calicola is…

18th February 1897 – 2020

…this spring. He has plenty of stock of :Beschorneria septentrionalis – a Mexican species with dark green leaves which will tolerate full shade and dry soil. 2L Beschorneria septentrionalis Fatsia…

1st May 1897 – 2020

…May 2017 A beschorneria has a huge flowering spike which should be perfect in three weeks’ time. Beschorneria Look at this huge jasmine. Our theme is ‘Plants as Pollinators’ and…

2nd July

…is obviously on the wrong plant. Nearly all the mature agave (not to mention the Puya and Beschorneria clumps) have been flowering and then dying in recent years. Where are…

10th July

…the camera: Fucraea longaeva by the café were 15 feet or more tall in flower. Very different in flower to the Beschorneria yuccoides which flowers at Burncoose by the packing…