…The schima is still full out and receiving the strong winds. schima Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ is turning a vibrant yellow. Again I have not seen this autumn performance before….

…vibrant autumn colours. This was a gifted layer from the Tregrehan plant. Enkianthus serrulatus Acer forrestii has little notable autumn colour here. Rather drab. Acer forrestii Pruning out suckering growth…

…RHS lecture tour to look at ‘unusual evergreen trees’ with eight in the audience. Picea bicolor var. acicularis (Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis) with vibrant reddish cones on a young tree….

…tuberosa – I have never seen this double form better in a pot at Burncoose. Exquisite scent. Polyanthes tuberosa Polyanthes tuberosa Podranea ricasoliana – a most vibrant and late flowering…

…‘Sweet Sixteen’ Raining now but the New Zealand form of Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ has huge flowers and a very vibrant colour this year below Donkey Shoe. New Zealand form of Magnolia…

…warm and vibrant February where the garden came to its absolute magnolia best. A year ago we were in the throes of The Beast and everything was doom and gloom….