16th March

…on Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ is as near black as you can get as it first comes out. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia…

3rd April

…‘Midnight Magic’ still has some very good dark red double flowers as the camellia season finishes earlier than I can remember before. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ 2018 – CHW Another trip…

2nd January

…double shape. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Still plenty of colour on the mounded Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Ocanee’. All the other forms are now leafless. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Ocanee’ This spreading…

5th March

…in a woodland setting. Scilla bifolia Camellia ‘Black Magic’ almost black in bud. Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Magnolias tower over the woodland valley garden. The dark one may…

21st March

…Azalea amoena The first Aesculus hippocastanum into leaf is, as usual, the one below the main fernery. Aesculus hippocastanum 2021 – CHW Everything frosted in Old Park below the top…

3rd March

…plant on the mound magnolia plant on the mound magnolia plant on the mound Like all our camellias ‘Mary Jobson’ was full out and now the flowers are badly frosted

25th March

…red! This will be a bestseller for many years for Burncoose Nurseries. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Pinus patula has not enjoyed the salt winds and its needles are…

13th February

…– I think we have had this before Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia champetre ‘Christmas Daffodil’ – hardly daffodil like! Camellia champetre ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ –…

29th January

…growth last year all on Sinogrande walk. big leafed rhododendrons big leafed rhododendrons big leafed rhododendrons big leafed rhododendrons Tree fern fronds frosted more than for several winters by the…

28th January

…bark of Styrax serrulatus bark of Styrax serrulatus The Magnolia campbellii flowers by Tin Garden have been frosted and windblown into a brown mess. Will the other buds still come…