10th March

…expletives do not make it into the video clips. In the last 10 days we have completed 18 more video clips and two promotional vlogs of 10 minutes each plus…

3rd October

…Lespedeza thunbergii Lespedeza thunbergii 2017 – CHW A day making 30 short one to two minute video clips for the Burncoose website. Mainly for the topical tips section but also…

29th March

…alpina ‘Blue Dancer’ looking good. Clematis alpina ‘Blue Dancer’ Clematis alpina ‘Blue Dancer’ Clematis alpina ‘Francis Rivis’ just coming out which is much darker in colour. Clematis alpina ‘Francis Rivis’…

3rd August

blue. Perhaps as good as Agapanthus inapertus ‘Graskop’. Agapanthus ‘Inkspots’ Agapanthus ‘Inkspots’ Agapanthus ‘Sandringham’ – a very good sky blue – medium-tall growing. Agapanthus ‘Sandringham’ Agapanthus ‘Sandringham’ Agapanthus ‘Bressingham Blue’…

18th May

…Nurseries) with a strange blue hue to its large leaves. Eucalyptus delegatensis Eucalyptus delegatensis Eucalyptus gregsoniana (also Roundabarrow) with a fine set of new growth. Eucalyptus gregsoniana Quercus trojana just…

6th April

…Rhododendron sinogrande on the drive with near white flowers. Rhododendron sinogrande 2022 – CHW White bluebells in a bluebell clump. White bluebells A large gathering for Lord Falmouth’s funeral yesterday…

14th May

…suspects.I seldom indulge in social media but Karol has compiled a long sequence of Facebook clips showing nurses in hospitals (all over the world) dancing and flashing their tits, not…

1st April

…but probably worth Asia propagating. Camellia reticulata ‘Red Crystal’ Camellia reticulata ‘Red Crystal’ The first native bluebell I have seen (half) out. bluebell A few dullish new and rare conifers…

18th April

…Spanish. bluebells bluebells A good clump of now wild (but once cultivated) pinkish bluebells. pinkish bluebells pinkish bluebells Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ just emerging into flower in the border opposite the front…

25th July

…‘Eureka Blue’ Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ – groundcover with dark leaves. Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ Geranium ‘Dusky Rose’ Geranium ‘Blue Sunrise’ – blue at first fading quickly. Geranium ‘Blue Sunrise’ Geranium ‘Blue

28th April

…the bluebells are now doing in full shade in the top section of Forty Acres Wood which was destroyed in the 1990 hurricane and replanted soon afterwards mainly with beech….

11th September

…in St Austell last Friday to make some plant care video clips for the Burncoose website. The garden is immaculate and includes several of the herbaceous borders which we do…

19th February 1897 – 2020

…see Trewithen’s tomorrow after the Great Gardens meeting. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ (dark Tregullow form) is now full out. Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ Bluebells (English!) now…

1st March 1897 – 2020

…the nursery with Shayne House to make video clips of topical tips for the website. We made 19 which was rather more than expected. Still time however to photograph a…

27th July

…area has always grown superb blue hydrangeas and must be highly acidic. Interestingly the 2013 planting of the red Hydrangea ‘Heinrich Siedel’ have died. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ blue Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ blue

17th April

…clump of narcissus on Hovel Cart Road. Perhaps Narcissus x intermedius? narcissus Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ and Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ – blue and yellow work well together here. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’…

11th July

…– incredibly blue foliage in full sun Elymus arenarius ‘Blue Dune’ Elymus arenarius ‘Blue Dune’ Geranium pratense ‘Algera Double’ Geranium pratense ‘Algera Double’ Geranium pratense ‘Algera Double’ Digitalis ‘Spice Island’…

13th July

…their best.The four quarters of the blue garden. blue garden Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ covered in seed which I have never yet seen on the Burncoose plant and an…

22nd July

blue and white picotee edging Hydrangea ‘St Clare’ Hydrangea ‘St Clare’ Hydrangea ‘Taube’ – easily the best blue lacecap HYDRANGEA ‘Taube’ HYDRANGEA ‘Taube’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks blue’ – very floriferous and…

24th July

‘Blue Boa’ – might have been blue originally but fading quickly. Taller growing than some. Agastache ‘Blue Boa’ Agastache ‘Blue Boa’ 2016 – CHW What I think is Hebe carnea…