7th March

…Quite pretty when you look closely. Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera A good set of layers set last year on our best Rhododendron niveum tucked away above Orchid House Nursery bed….

4th August

…has reshot from the base. Euphorbia stygiana ‘Santamaria’ Euphorbia stygiana ‘Santamaria’ Euphorbia stygiana ‘Santamaria’ Brachychiton populneus has sat doing nothing for three years. At last a little development of its…

14th September

…feathery blue green leaves are attractive and certainly not obviously euphorbia like. I await the flowers next spring with interest. Euphorbia cyparissus ‘Orange Man’ Euphorbia cyparissus ‘Orange Man’ Calluna vulgaris…

7th July 1897 – 2020

…milky bleeding from the cut stems has stopped. Euphorbia stygiana Euphorbia stygiana Another rhododendron honey fungus casualty – this is the time of the year when these horrors show up….

23rd June 1897 – 2020

…A few more Burncoose novelties for the 2017 catalogue photographed today:Euphorbia choracias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’ seems very similar to Euphorbia ‘White Swan’ but if you like variegation this is one for…

23rd April 1897 – 2020

Euphorbia x pasturei – Euphorbia mellifera is one parent. Not quite out yet but mellifera, alongside, was much as ours seen yesterday. Euphorbia x pasturei Euphorbia x pasturei Quercus panosa…

22nd April 1897 – 2020

…flower all over. Soon for the chop I expect. Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera Another picture of Isla Rose! Isla Rose 2016 – CHW Another six boring hours (now…

17th March 1897 – 2020

…as well as this at this time of the year. Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera A Magnolia dawsoniana seedling outside the arch is good today although the sky is…

28th April

…budget and implement pay-rises and bonuses.Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ with its startling pink new growth in the cash point. Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ Euphorbia polychroma looking especially good in the sun. Euphorbia

11th May

…flowers. Euphorbia stygiana Euphorbia stygiana A very late flower on Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ after its drought/cold dieback and pruning last year. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ at its very…

19th May

…‘Passion Hearts’. Dicentra ‘Passion Hearts’. Dicentra ‘Passion Hearts’. Pittosporum ‘Green Mound’. Pittosporum ‘Green Mound’. Pittosporum ‘Green Mound’. Jamesbrittenia ‘Jammin’ Coral’. Jamesbrittenia ‘Jammin’ Coral’. Euphorbia x wulfenii ‘Walberton’s Little Treasure’. Euphorbia

12th August

…in the drought. Euphorbia stygiana Euphorbia stygiana This elderly Magnolia sieboldii has died in the drought. Thirty to forty years old I think and not planted when I was present….

12th December

Euphorbia mellifera with yellowing old leaves – attractive today! Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera 2020 – CHW Fuchsias still full out in mid-December! Fuchsias Fuchsias The Gingko biloba is finally dropping….

16th December

Euphorbia mellifera is shedding its old yellow leaves by the library window. Very attractive and not seen before. Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera Two echiums have died without flowering in their…

13th February 1897 – 2020

…something I saw at Penrice Castle as a 4-5ft shrub. A must for the catalogue! Euphorbia x pasturi Euphorbia x pasturi Azara microphylla in flower. My pictures are crap. Azara…

17th July 1897 – 2020

…the flowers are full out, they are particularly fine. Euphorbia x martinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’ Euphorbia x martinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’ Allium senescens is a new species to me. A very decent…

11th May 1897 – 2020

Euphorbia triangulari Euphorbia triangulari Leucodendron argenteum – one we stock and grow. Just about ok outside in Cornwall near the sea if you read our ‘Protea Care and Advice’ notes…

8th May 1897 – 2020

…should be perfect by 19th May. Euphorbia stygiana Euphorbia stygiana Pallets of kit which we send by courier to Chelsea to make more room for plants on the lorries. The…

14th April 1897 – 2020

…Flowers on Euphorbia stygiana which I had not seen like this before. A gift from Penrice Castle gardens. Euphorbia stygiana Euphorbia stygiana Flowers suddenly out on Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’….

4th March 1897 – 2020

…Williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ The primroses have survived, and prospered even, under the snow! primroses The Euphorbia mellifera has not despite a flower or two surviving, Dodo! Euphorbia mellifera Euphorbia mellifera…