1st August
…‘Happy Anniversary’ Rosa ‘Many Happy Returns’ Rosa ‘Many Happy Returns’ Rosa ‘Ruby Wedding’ Rosa ‘Ruby Wedding’ Rosa ‘Deep Secret’ Rosa ‘Deep Secret’ Rosa ‘Peace’ Rosa ‘Peace’ Rosa ‘Ruby Wedding’ as…
…‘Happy Anniversary’ Rosa ‘Many Happy Returns’ Rosa ‘Many Happy Returns’ Rosa ‘Ruby Wedding’ Rosa ‘Ruby Wedding’ Rosa ‘Deep Secret’ Rosa ‘Deep Secret’ Rosa ‘Peace’ Rosa ‘Peace’ Rosa ‘Ruby Wedding’ as…
…but not looking too happy in a dry spot. Water this week. Picconia excelsa Illicium merrillianum (KWJ 12113) in full flower above HQN. Illicium merrillianum (KWJ 12113) Equally impressive new…
…than we have? ‘Happy Anniversary’ ‘Happy Anniversary’ ‘Happy Anniversary’ ‘Pride of England’ ‘Pride of England’ ‘Pride of England’ ‘Sunny Sky’ (it was not – quite the reverse opposite Tesco’s today!)…
…stolen on a train to London. My father spent much of his pre Alzheimer’s time in retirement working on exactly this but, as my mother always predicted, he never consolidated…
…to grips with the archive here. Perhaps upon my ‘retirement’ (I doubt)! 1929 – JCW (Handwritten note attached to Garden Book page) Seed to get later: Specimens of Ekianthus. 9…
…much more like they are at home in New Zealand. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ Following Arthur’s retirement the new farm office is nearly complete beside the old blacksmith’s…
…to work with his machinery and tractors on the farm in retirement while Hamish manages the livestock. Not too much change in reality we hope and no real ‘farewell’. Just…
…Things were brought to an abrupt head by the January 1990 hurricane which destroyed 20-25% of the garden in a day. My father, in retirement, left that day for a…
…least semi evergreen tree was a gift from Cornwall County Council on my father’s retirement as chairman in 1989. The plaque seems to have vanished. Quercus x hispanica ‘Lucombeana’ First…
…Dance, ran Burncoose Gardens for 42 years until his retirement in about 2002. Monica’s son, Steve Dance, was born at Burncoose Lodge and currently runs the Burncoose office. Her coffin…