17th April

…two as well: Clematis alpina ‘Broughton Bride’ Clematis alpina ‘Broughton Bride’ Polemonium ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Polemonium ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Pittosporum undulatum Pittosporum undulatum Isopogon formosanus Isopogon formosanus Photinia ‘Louise’ Photinia…

24th April

…stand corrected on the naming of this. AZALEA ‘Tebotan’ AZALEA ‘Blushing Bride’ RHODODENDRON broughtonii RHODODENDRON broughtonii Good to see some of our tissue culture grown plants of long standing old…

24th March

…it ever completely return? A few fleeting plants on show to nobody in the nursery sales point. Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ Prunus…

17th February

…fairly rounded or compact habit (rather than upright and erect). Shrubby in fact! Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ Prunus incisa ‘The Bride’ The taller growing Prunus x…

15th April

…clump. Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ Azalea ‘Tebotan’ just starting too and Azalea ‘Greenway’ nearby about to show. Azalea ‘Tebotan’ Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ with its double flowers. Rhododendron ‘Johnny…

30th June

…the four Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’ planted in 2021 has survived. Too dry a spot for them but a fantastic hydrangea none the less. Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’ Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’ The…

18th April

…hybrids are good. 1918 – JCW R davidsonianum go off. R yunnanense come on. Broughton’s are good, zuelanicum crosses slow colour. Auklandii not yet at their best. R lanatum and…

15th May

…this for oneself.Very good at Burncoose today were: Escallonia ‘Glowing Embers’ Escallonia ‘Glowing Embers’ Beschorneria calciola Beschorneria calciola Beschorneria calciola Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’ Hydrangea…

11th April

…Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Obelisk’ Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ in the greenhouse. Used to grow outside above the greenhouse and now by the back yard. Clearly a house plant really but it does…

7th June

…worth propagating to get another group of these for planting out. Hydrangea serrata ‘Crug Cobalt’ (BSWJ 6241a) Beside it is the only surviving plant (of 3) of Hydrangea ‘Runaway Bride’…