8th November

…King’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Crimson King’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Crimson King’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Everards’s Delight’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Everards’s Delight’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Everards’s Delight’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Everards’s Delight’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Little Liane’….

15th June

…small plants. Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume White’ Viburnum x hillieri ‘Winton’ full out in the nursery as it is at Caerhays. Viburnum x hillieri ‘Winton’ Passiflora ‘Damsel’s Delight’ not that different…

16th August

Delight’ beside the castle remains. Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ Buddleia ‘Pink Delight’ 2020 – CHW Still in Daphne’s garden but with more reality as of today. Aconitum ‘Spark’s Variety’ is splendid…

17th November

…– a Loder bred variety “Everards’s Delight” “Everards’s Delight” ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Slim and Trim’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Tanya’ ‘Bonanza’ – the best red we saw ‘Bonanza’ ‘Bonanza’…

12th May

…red. evergreen azalea clump evergreen azalea clump As far as I can pin this old clump to a name it is Azalea ‘Pink Delight’. Azalea ‘Pink Delight’ Azalea ‘Pink Delight’…

13th August

…for the Alzheimer’s charity. Leslie lost his wife, Myra, to this vile disease around Christmas. The garden as pristine and well managed as always.Eucomis bicolor and Phormium ‘Cream Delight’. Eucomis…

31st July

…door now that they are all full out and a delight on the new uncut backs. I think this is Centaurea scabiosa or Greater Knapweed. One big clump on its…

16th March 1897 – 2020

…the Burncoose catalogue. MAGNOLIA ‘Burncoose White’ MAGNOLIA ‘Mary Williams’ MAGNOLIA ‘Delia Williams’ What a delight it is to see the greenhouse neat and tidy with scores of seeds being started…

31st January 1897 – 2020

…out with leaf variegation showing. Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ One week on Prunus ‘Kursar’ is now nearly fully out in flower. What a delight

Other nice things from the Rosemoor Show

…Rhododendron laetum Rhododendron periclymenoides Menziesia ‘Dartmoor Storm’ (now Rhododendron!) Menziesia ‘Shepherds Delight’ (now Rhododendron!) Rhododendron (menziesia) formerly ciliicalyx x var. purpurea (bit confused myself!) Menziesia ‘Spring Morning’ (now Rhododendron) Menziesia…

21st November

…deliberately in a main drain overflow from the drive. These trees delight in growing in boggy waterlogged situations as here. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ is not nearly as…

5th October

…Fargesia robusta (good spanking name) Fargesia robusta Fargesia robusta Fargesia robusta Chimonobambusa timidissinoda (poor spanking name) Chimonobambusa timidissinoda Chimonobambusa timidissinoda Chimonobambusa timidissinoda Fargesia rufa (spankers’ delight) Fargesia rufa Fargesia rufa…

21st September

…the squirrels as they delight in these and I once saw a dozen stripping one large Cornus capitata tree. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley…

7th September

…Ventnor a male. Malus japonicus Malus japonicus We have acquired Illicium tashiroi from Crug Farm in 2013. To my surprise and considerable delight this was in full flower today. The…

23rd August

…back to perch on the flower stalks chirping away with delight. knapweed knapweed knapweed Hedychium coronarium are now full out on the top wall. I may have called this by…

19th June

…late delight. Azalea indica The multi stemmed Cordyline australis outside the front door (which I planted 30 to 35 years ago) is flowering better than I have ever seen it….

15th July

…and socialising completely so we have been cooped up (garden visits aside) seeing nobody. No trip to Edgbaston to the cricket tomorrow either. What a ‘holiday’! A delight to get…

22nd June

…Argentina. Its drooping panicles of flowers are a delight. Asia should propagate lots! I suspect it would root very easily now. It has been perfectly hardy here for six to…

5th June

…after the horrors of Chelsea. Plant events like this are a delight.In turn I buy for Caerhays:Quercus insignis rare plants rare plants Euonymus morrisonensisQuercus rugosa Decaisnea insignis Myrtus paraguayensis Viburnum…

30th May

…‘Conroy’ is a delight but very tender and we have lost two groups of this at Burncoose. Actually this has to be an incorrect name on our planting plans as…