30th January

…semi evergreen Lonicera fragrantissima on the roadside by the nursery entrance and near The Copper House. Lonicera fragrantissima Lonicera fragrantissima A fine Picea amorika in The Copper House garden. Around…

6th February

…2023 – CHW The Copper House safe.The family repurchased the dilapidated Copper House at Burncoose in 2020. Reroofing and renovating what was formally the estate office for the Williams Cornish…

24th March

…in full flower. Leucospermum cordifolium ‘Copper Carnival’ Leucospermum cordifolium ‘Copper Carnival’ Leucadendron salignum x discolor ‘Sixteen Candles’ also just coming out but already put aside as sold! Leucadendron salignum x…

10th February

…the large order packing shed. A new rainwater collecting tank The new roof of The Copper House is nearly finished. The new chimneys stand out well. new roof of The…

13th January

…x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Copper Beauty’ (syn. ‘Jelena’) Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Copper Beauty’ (syn. ‘Jelena’) Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’ Hamamelis x intermedia…

31st January

…years ago. They were mounted on posts with clock face dials to record rainfall collected in the square tops which were copper and lead lined. As I remember it they…

11th December

…place. A row of Quercus ilex which will have copper beech planted alternately between them in due course. Quercus ilex The second load of magnolias and other varieties arrives from…

12th September

…fraxinifolia Euonymus fortunei ‘Wolong Ghost’ is finally starting to climb up a mature Copper Beech after doing nothing for 3 years. Euonymus fortunei ‘Wolong Ghost’ After drought the expected button…

24th February

…The Copper House. view from the Burncoose Show Tunnel Five of the six Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the bank are now out in flower. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Narcissus cyclamineus seedlings…

15th June

…the copper ingot. Clever! ‘Mining’ ‘Mining’ “Ursula’s Baptism”. The font was decorated using an excellent colour combination of leptospermum, Thalictrum, pale pink Alstroemeria and Euonymus japonicus ‘Silver Queen’. “Ursula’s Baptism”…