13th July

‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Hibiscus ‘Lavender Chiffon’ – a good semi double Hibiscus ‘Lavender Chiffon’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ with fruits just turning colour Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’…

5th April

…slower growing tree but also a Chilean species. Maytenus magellanica The attractive foliage of Syringa protolaciniata does not look lilac – like at all. A shrub from Afagnistan with lilac

8th May

lilac. Dalhousi, Ovatum, Orbiculare, Baylei all open. 1912 – JCW Plenty of May everywhere, Lilac going back, Azaleas are very nice. Tubergens Iris are all over. 1911 – JCW Auklandii…

13th May

…Primula japonica ‘Apple Blossom’ 2021 – CHW Syringa vulgaris ‘Carpe Diem’ just out on the drive. Newly planted this year to add to the lilac collection on the drive. Syringa…

10th July

…The commanding view of the house over the valley. the house Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ makes a huge clump. Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ And set beside Sanguisorba hakusanensis ‘Lilac

19th July

…‘Balmy Pink’ – dwarf growing. Monarda ‘Balmy Pink’ Monarda ‘Balmy Lilac’. Monarda ‘Balmy Lilac’ Silene maritima is a plant which I do think Burncoose and the website could usefully stock…

17th August

…not a garden centre. Among the novelties seen were:Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Lemon’ and Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Lemon’ and Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Summer Fruits Carmine’ and Agastache…

30th November

…covering of secondary flowers which are mainly misformed and misshapen. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Jaimie has cut back a lilac which had half fallen over and will now…

11th February

…x Betty Jessel First Love cylindrica Hohman J.C. Williams x Apollo John Bond Katja Landner Lilac Chalice virginiana Ludoviciana Melon Sky Peter Dummer Purple Breeze Purple Eye Purple Star Rose…

3rd April

…root stock growths on this grafted plant. Syringa pinnatifolia Berberis valdiviana looking superb beside the lilac. Berberis valdiviana Berberis valdiviana Scilla peruviana are the only things left in my very…

15th April

…insides to the trumpet and a dash of lilac on the lower outside. Paulownia fortunei Paulownia fortunei Paulownia fortunei Paulownia fortunei The rare Magnolia officinalis var biloba is just coming…

10th May

‘Lilacina’ clump lived about 30 years. They grew exponentially and died (all at once) with the same speed. Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ Rhododendron ‘Mrs Furnival’ nearly over. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Furnival’ Cercis…

14th May

…looked. flowers for St Just in Roseland Church’s Coronation Celebrations flowers for St Just in Roseland Church’s Coronation Celebrations With single purple-red flowers this lilac in Monica Trudgeon’s garden is,…

22nd May

…I have been corrected by Clare on this! Yellow poppies Syringa ‘Katherine Havemeyer’ is purple in bud, opening purple-lavender and then fading (as here) to pale lilac-pink. A double flower….

27th May

…form’ The Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ clump above the greenhouse lived only about 30 years. Exponential growth, a brief spectacle from the bottom lodge when in flower for 10 years or…

4th June

…Drive. Madame Lemoine lilac good for a week, all but the Waterer rhodo’s are over now. Loder’s White good yet. Viburnum plicatum and mariesii good. 1913 – JCW We are…

8th June

…azaleas are going off. 1915 – JCW Maddeni x cinnabarinum is the best rhodo . Ponticums at their best. Azaleas going back. Lilac Madame Lemoine goes back. Species villosa in…

14th June

lilac) in flower. I do not think I have ever spotted this out before although seed has been collected and grown. White flowers contrast with the foliage. Few flowers for…

24th June

…not pink. Robinia hispida var kelseyi has lilac-pink flowers so that seems the best bet as far as I know. Robinia hispida var kelseyi Robinia hispida var kelseyi Deutzia pulchra…

1st July

…Pale lilac flowers fading to white in tight clusters. Asia has raised this as a new item for the 2017 catalogue. Propagate more – it is nice! Deutzia compacta Deutzia…