…walled garden. Burncoose stocked this once and should do so again. Fritillaria imperialis ‘Aurea’ Fritillaria imperialis ‘Aurea’ Fritillaria imperialis ‘Aurea’ Ambrose restored this greenhouse but it is a wreck again…

…meleagris in the nursery. Quite variable in colour with the buds and open flowers very different. Fritillaria meleagris Fritillaria meleagris Fritillaria meleagris The Beaufort Hunt are visitors at the Four…

…Fritillaria Fritillaria Team photo before we set off for Fota Arboretum – two hours away. Team photo Fota Arboretum was a joy – 35 acres of well maintained trees and…

…Rookery. Melliodendron xylocarpum Over the last two years cock pheasants have decimated the flowers on our clump of Fritillaria meleagris by Tin Garden. Few have survived but, this year, we…

…Rubra’ (otherwise known as ‘Te Deum’ or ‘Grand Sultan’ – but this is not one in the Trehane camellia book!) Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Rubra’ A great clump of white Fritillaria…

…Garden. The pheasants have eaten the tips of the leaves but thankfully left the flowers alone. The fritillaria planted here at the same time in quantity have largely failed for…