11th May

…cyclops Callistemon citrinus ‘White Anzac’ – yellow yes but white never seen before. This one living! Callistemon citrinus ‘White Anzac’ Callistemon phoeniceus – does not look like a bottle brush….

8th June

…Medal. Justin with the large Gold Medal Outside the Members Tent at Royal Cornwall a perfect Callistemon citrinus ‘Perth Pink’ Callistemon citrinus ‘Perth Pink’ Callistemon citrinus ‘Perth Pink’ Beside it…

14th May

…Eden earlier in the week. This one is very hardy and well established like the one at Burncoose above the house. Yellow flowering callistemon Yellow flowering callistemon The original clump…

15th May

…Burncoose used to stock and I have only ever seen it in flower once before. Here a huge clump with iris like leaves. Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knights Lily) Xeronema callistemon

7th July

…leucoxylon rosea Puya dyckioides Puya dyckioides Puya dyckioides Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Strelitzia reginae in flower outside on a dry bank Strelitzia reginae 2018 –…

29th September

…Sorbus ‘Autumn Fire’ Syzygium paniculatum ‘Newport’ with flowers just going over. Syzygium paniculatum ‘Newport’ Callistemon ‘Perth Pink’ with a secondary set of flowers. Callistemon ‘Perth Pink’ Lagunaria patersonia with large…

29th March

…its amazing reddish new growth which I missed last year. Picea abies ‘Rydal’ Picea abies ‘Rydal’ Frost damage to callistemon. Just the tops which now need pruning out. The remainder…

10th June

…to the photoshoot in the new walled garden which I opened only a year ago. photoshoot in the new walled garden Some very fine Callistemon citrinus ‘Splendens’. Callistemon citrinus ‘Splendens’…

18th September

…superb at this time of the year. Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’ Callistemon ‘Red Cluster’ with secondary flowers. Callistemon ‘Red Cluster’ Our new pictorial labelling…

3rd March

…japonica ‘Moutiers’ Eurya japonica ‘Moutiers’ Eurya japonica ‘Moutiers’ Callistemon pallidus – even more absurdly early. Callistemon pallidus Hydrangea lobbii – likewise! Hydrangea lobbii Magnolia ‘Royal Purple’ Magnolia ‘Royal Purple’ Rhododendron…