17th December

…eye out for more self-sown seedlings. Eurya japonica Eurya japonica Eurya japonica 2023 – CHW The wonderful wreath at the front door which Jaimie and Michael have made again this…

15th February 1897 – 2020

…Burncoose catalogue this year. The foliage has a slightly silvery hue on the underside of the leaves Eurya japonica ‘Moutiers’ Eurya japonica ‘Moutiers’ Sorbus hedlundii still has three huge yellow…

8th April

…Garden. Few have survived but, this year, we have fenced the pheasants out. Fritillaria meleagris Eurya japonica in flower in the Rookery with its highly unpleasant smell. Eurya japonica Eurya

6th June

…it will reroot (on one side) and reshoot. heavily trimmed Eurya japonica heavily trimmed Eurya japonica A bad case of Camellia gall which actually causes no real harm. Camellia gall…

3rd March

…is markedly different. Ribes laevifolium Grevillea juniperina sulphureum Grevillea juniperina sulphureum Eurya japonica ‘Moutiers’ Eurya japonica ‘Moutiers’ Eurya japonica ‘Moutiers’ Callistemon pallidus – even more absurdly early. Callistemon pallidus Hydrangea…

8th February 1897 – 2020

…out here. Eurya japonica Eurya japonica Trewithen’s famous clump of Viburnum betulifolium was still covered in red fruits which the birds and squirrels had left alone. Many had fallen to…

5th March

…‘Betty Jessel’ and Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Flowers out on Eurya japonica in the Rookery which readily self-seeds itself around and about. Eurya japonica A large camellia blew over and…

4th April

…– M. ‘Atlas’ x M. ‘Sunsation’. Magnolia ‘Helena’ The last original Eurya japonica has fallen out but is still flowering away. We will cut it back and re-upright it in…

12th April

…exceptional white bark to follow presumably. Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ Eurya japonica just out – tiny flowers. Eurya japonica Camellia ‘Extravaganza’ with different coloured flowers (as usual) on…

31st May

…which I had forgotten. A new species to us. Quercus pinnata vendulosa The fallen Eurya japonica has had a hair cut and will be up-righted I hope. Eurya japonica A…

20th June

…Rhododendron indicum Rhododendron indicum (white) (Azalea indica) – very late into flower but, as with all indicums, flowers are random and not all out at once. Eurya japonica Eurya japonica…

19th June

…we have to continue to do here. Bugger – the camera battery is again quickly flat so you will have to wait to see the developing seed clusters on Eurya