…Fortescue’ is a better yellow when first into flower. Rhododendron ‘Catherine Fortescue’ Rhododendron ‘Catherine Fortescue’ The record Saxegothaea conspicua on the main drive. Saxegothaea conspicua Rosa ‘Canary Bird’ looking good…

…rankanensis and Kirengeshoma palmata flowering well together. Strobilanthes rankanensis and Kirengeshoma palmata Abutilon ‘Canary Bird’ still in full flower. Abutilon ‘Canary Bird’ Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ and Eupatorium purpureum. Aconitum carmichaelii…

…Not as good a colour yet as some years but still impressive. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ This is one that I have read about but only seen once…

…proper show. Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’ – not registered or in the reference books as far as I can see. Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’ Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’ Magnolia ‘Angel’s Landing’ (M. ‘Pickard’s…

…bird boxes new bird boxes new bird boxes A full day at Burncoose plotting this year’s planting programme and picking out the plants from the nursery. Cornus officinalis looking rather…

…Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Bluebird’ is also out early and a good blue. Perhaps the best hydrangea on the drive today. Hydrangea serrata ‘Bluebird’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Bluebird’ 2015 –…

…which is just starting to show. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Another first time flowering Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’ is completely new. 2017 planted and just one flower with leaves appearing. Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’…

…for sale in the nursery. citrus and calamondin Back then to Caerhays. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ flowering for the first time in the Isla Rose Plantation. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’ also…

…with decent secondary flowers. We pick one for the house. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Sadly the Tilia henryana has collapsed. One bit of the tree…

…experiment! 2019 – CHW Cotoneaster franchetii with its usual display below the tower. These fruits get carried by birds and mammals into cavities in walls and under slates capping walls…

…x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ 2015 – CHW Ilex perado ‘Perado’ from the Canary Isles has been spread around the garden by birds feeding on its…

…a South African tree. Freylinia lanceolata Picconia excelsa – Canary Islands olive – is a huge ilex-like tree which we tried and failed with. Picconia excelsa Picconia excelsa Diospyros glaucifolia…

…pininana. On looking it up it is Echium wildpretii which Burncoose stocks. Must grab a few seed from Roy later. From the Canary Isles. Its other name is Echium bourgaeanum….

…later than all the other ‘smellies’. A rather spreading habit and here in full tree cover. We lost this twice on the Burncoose drive. Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’…

…‘Yellow Bird’ just coming out. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Sybille’ (M. x soulangeana ‘White Giant’ x M. ‘Leda’). Magnolia ‘Sybille’ Magnolia ‘Sybille’ Magnolia × soulangeana ‘Brozzonii’ – in Penvergate –…

…Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’ Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’ 2022 – CHW The three-phase electric cables awaiting connection outside the back yard. electric cables Magnolia x loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ showing its full colour…

…Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ is nearly over. Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’, beside it, has yet to show. Most years they are out together but usually with some leaf already…

…syriacus ‘Blue Bird’ Hibiscus syriacus ‘Blue Bird’ Cautleya spicata ‘Robusta’ just out in flower. Not the most exciting ‘Ginger’ I have ever seen. Cautleya spicata ‘Robusta’ Marsdenia oreophila out in…

…Gala’ Magnolia ‘Golden Gala’ As was the champion tree of Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ 2019 – CHW Some newish magnolias in Kennel Close.In a magnificent…

…Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ just starting. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ The Magnolia veitchiis stand out behind the castle. Magnolia veitchiis Campbell Clarke and his friends after…