…Prunus nipponica ‘Brilliant’ Prunus nipponica ‘Brilliant’ The new Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ in bud. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Royal Crown’ nicely out in a tunnel. Magnolia ‘Royal Crown’ Magnolia ‘Royal Crown’…

…should be evergreen but which has lost its leaves in the wind. Photinia macrophylla Roy with what I thought was a Gardenia. He says it’s a Photinia! Roy with what…

…for the RCM Group yearbook article. It was in the Isla Rose Plantation all along. Final flowers on Escallonia resinosa. Styrax americanus 2023 – CHW Roy Lancaster’s article in the…

…Podophyllum pleianthum. Podophyllum pleianthum Podophyllum pleianthum Roy’s wild collected Aucuba himalaica var. lenicactus. Aucuba himalaica var. lenicactus Roy gave us a seedling of the Cotoneaster-like Dichotomanthes tristaniicarpa. Very dull plant…

…var. coxii Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta in the Ririei Opening. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Roy Lancaster beside the Michelia tree he fell out in the 1960’s. Roy Lancaster beside the…

…which is irregular but pronounced. Magnolia cylindrica x M. campbellii‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia cylindrica x M. campbellii‘Darjeeling’ We have a Record Tree of Roy Lancaster’s collection of Aucuba omeiensis from Mount Omei….

…and Roy Lancaster Jim Gardiner and Roy Lancaster Magnolia x wieseneri ‘Aashild Kalleberg’ flowering well in 40 Acres. The flowers droop at first unlike the conventional M. x wieseneri where…

…viscosum x ‘Midsommer Maiden’ Rhododendron viscosum x ‘Midsommer Maiden’ Another form of Rhododendron royallii ‘Royal Flush’ full out which is I think a solitary survivor of what was ‘Royal Flush…

…the concrete slabs covering the top of the walls where they have moved or cracked. Repairs to the walls Repairs to the walls Repairs to the walls Roy Lancaster’s huge…

…crassipes still in flower. The true species (unlike ours). Magnolia crassipes Magnolia crassipes Hydrangea aspera villosa – from Roy Lancaster (2021). Hydrangea aspera villosa – from Roy Lancaster Hydrangea aspera…

…has been left alone. Roy Lancaster’s Chinese specie rose Roy Lancaster’s Chinese specie rose Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ at its best near the Rockery. Of all our named forms of C….

…Moore. Deutzia calycosa Deutzia calycosa Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose and Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’. Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose Viburnum wrightii. Viburnum wrightii Viburnum betulifolium ‘Hohuanshan’ from Taiwain. A Crug Farm introduction…

…Taiwania cryptomerioides Terence and Roy. Terence and Roy Thomas, Lizzie and David Jewell. Thomas, Lizzie and David Jewell Sue Lancaster. Sue Lancaster The statue of Sir Harold Hillier. The statue…

…A good show of bronzy new growth on the ancient Camellia sasanquas. Camellia sasanquas Stewartia rostrata just coming out on the drive. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata In Roy & Ann…

…var tenuifolia Mahonia oiwakensis ssp lomariifolia var tenuifolia Mahonia gracilipes (Roy Lancaster collection) as a mature plant but again inside Mahonia gracilipes Mahonia gracilipes Mahonia nepaulensis – odd foliage Mahonia…

…collection which awaits planting in the Kitchen Garden still has colourful fruits on the following varieties:-Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Golden…

…and seems to like shade as here. Eventually four to five feet in height I would guess. Sarcococca wallichii Sarcococca wallichii Sarcococca orientalis was a Roy Lancaster introduction in 1980….

…featured this superb white climbing rose in the diary before. A wild collection (one of three here) by Roy Lancaster but far and away the best of the batch which…

…macrosepala (CWJ 12441) Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala (CWJ 12441) Nice tints on the new growth of Disanthus cercidifolius. Disanthus cercidifolius Gladiolus ‘Prins Claus’ in Roy Key’s garden at The Pound….

…Roy Lancaster wrote up recently. This is very near Champernowne Nursery so that is how deliveries to Burncoose could be made.Clare needs to get in touch to consider an order…