15th May

Burncoose Nurseries to the Channel Islands consignment from Burncoose Nurseries to the Channel Islands Vaccinum dunalianum caudatifolium (from Crûg) is newly planted in the Auklandii Garden. Interesting new growth. Vaccinum…

20th May

…completion. Burncoose stand Burncoose stand Burncoose stand Burncoose stand Burncoose stand Inevitably Karol Klein appears on the next door stand and the filming takes 2 hours for a 3 minute…

29th March

…to improve drainage. You can see pictures of the white flowered Telopea on the Burncoose website as well. Breathtaking flower. Telopea speciosissima Telopea speciosissima 2018 – CHW To Burncoose to…

30th March

…I think and then it might flower better? Lots of good trees of this as I commute to Burncoose each week but they flowered earlier than this. Acacia dealbata Acacia…

30th May

…CHW Asia propogating at Burncoose The joy of being quiet and having time to think after two happy (part) days at Burncoose celebrating with the staff with a little pink…

20th March

…an end. Karol’s recent overfly of Burncoose Garden Karol’s recent overfly of Burncoose Garden Karol’s recent overfly of Burncoose Garden Karol’s recent overfly of Burncoose Garden Karol’s recent overfly of…

21st April

…Beat that? lapageria 2020 – CHW The plant care articles for the Burncoose website are finished. The last 175 odd were by far the most lengthy to write and difficult…

8th June

…load of Jazzy potatoes The Burncoose Nurseries stand at the Royal Cornwall Show. Burncoose Nurseries stand at the Royal Cornwall Show Burncoose Nurseries stand at the Royal Cornwall Show Burncoose

10th July

…party given by my brother for Savills staff at Burncoose party given by my brother for Savills staff at Burncoose party given by my brother for Savills staff at Burncoose

21st January

…recently at Burncoose and in nursery plants Pseudosasa japonica – common Cornish windbreak plant which flowered circa 30 years ago. Some isolated survivors at Burncoose. Arundinaria gigantea (possibly subsp. tecta)…

27th February 1897 – 2020

…species. Burncoose dining room The view from the Burncoose front door still has no magnolias at all showing. Rather good news as we all view the cold east winds. view…

12th February 1897 – 2020

Burncoose are also out as at Caerhays. three big michelias (30 year old) Quite a poor and light coloured Magnolia sprengeri Diva ‘Burncoose’ seedling is out below the pond. Of…

22nd May

…with Charles Drinks at the Burncoose Stand Drinks at the Burncoose Stand Drinks Chelsea drinks Chelsea drinks Chelsea interview Alan Titchmarsh visited The Great Gardens stand at Chelsea to promote…

18th May

…Stand Burncoose Nurseries Chelsea stand 2015 Burncoose Nurseries Chelsea stand 2015 Wonderful lupinus’The Pages’ Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dick’ Enkianthus ‘Vesta’ Acer ‘Red Flamingo’ Chelsea stand with our Ashcombe Aquasculptures’ feature Guy…

11th May

…zaleucum which I have not seen flowering before at Burncoose. Rhododendron zaleucum Rhododendron williamsianum x Rhododendron callimorphum (never named or registered ) looking splendid on Burncoose drive. A JCW hybrid…

8th April

…australis. Agathis australis Cupressus torulosa. Cupressus torulosa Cupressus cashmeriana. Cupressus cashmeriana Juniperus recurva var. coxii. Juniperus recurva var. coxii The Burncoose stand. The Burncoose stand The Great Gardens of Cornwall…

20th February

…A neat job but now a very large pile to clear up. Burncoose Garden tree surgeon Burncoose Garden tree surgeon Burncoose Garden tree surgeon Scores of wooden crates of shrub…

2nd April

…Scamp daffodil display as good as usual. The Scamp daffodil display The Burncoose Nurseries stand. Burncoose Nurseries stand The Great Gardens of Cornwall stand. Great Gardens of Cornwall stand 2022…

13th May

…in the Burncoose show tunnel for some years. Weinmannia trichosperma Vallea stipularis (bought from Treseders in 2020) getting established opposite the front door. An attractive Chilean plant which prefers to…

23rd May

…her back to our stand again where we manage to get her posing so you can actually see the bloody Burncoose sign. Naomie Harris on the Burncoose Stand Hugely embarrassing…