20th May

…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…

28th September

…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…

20th April

…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…

29th March

…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…

2nd March

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…

4th July

…Blue’ 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…

24th April

…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’…

3rd April

…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…

1st September

…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…

12th October

…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…

12th September

…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…

2nd July

…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…

21st June

…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….

6th May

…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’

11th April

…‘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 –…

12th April

…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…

13th April

…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…

11th August

…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…

27th March 1897 – 2020

…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…

23rd March 1897 – 2020

…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…