…website and an old favourite or two as well: Clematis alpina ‘Broughton Bride’ Clematis alpina ‘Broughton Bride’ Polemonium ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Polemonium ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Pittosporum undulatum Pittosporum undulatum Isopogon…

…an end to nearly 4 weeks of magnolia heaven. Still plenty more to come but what was full out are now blown away. 20 Canadians staying at The Vean and…

…in the sun. Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ I have been trying to get a decent photograph of Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ in flower for years but usually forget. Apart from the scent…

…growing in a tight spot so it is hard to get a decent picture as it has grown too tall. Rather similar to Magnolia ‘Heaven Scent’ I think. Magnolia ‘Galaxy’…

…in flower with a yellow scented flower. Strangely there is nothing like this at Caerhays from of old although it would be very odd if it had not arrived at…

…Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ just starting. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ The Magnolia veitchiis stand out behind the castle. Magnolia veitchiis Campbell Clarke and his friends after…

…heaven in the sun today and despite a light overnight frost. Magnolia ‘Purple Splendour’ and Michelia doltsopa. Magnolia ‘Purple Splendour’ and Michelia doltsopa Syzygium paniculatum ‘Newport’ which I have never…

…The leaves are even larger than the ‘ordinary’ ailanthus. A ‘tree of heaven’ indeed! Ailanthus altissima var tanake Ailanthus altissima var tanake A dwarfish sorbus species growing with several stems…

…a prison and done heaven knows what in the library and drawing room. I guess about 100 people at times including the crowd extras for the funeral and the stewards/caterers…

…need to return for better and more open flowers. Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Amabilis’ Magnolia ‘Flamingo’ just out. Magnolia ‘Flamingo’ Camellia ‘Scentuous’ still smelling good opposite George’s Hut. Camellia ‘Scentuous’ The…

…Group Styrax formosanus var. hatayanus with incredible scent. Styrax formosanus var. hatayanus Styrax formosanus var. hatayanus Bark fissures or splits in Photinia beauverdiana var. notabilis. Photinia beauverdiana var. notabilis The…

…first opening. Not much scent today and this is never going to be the scented eye catching plant that is Michelia doltsopa. Nevertheless a new first for Burncoose. Michelia foveolata…

…brown-black. Aquilegia viridiflora ‘Chocolate Soldier’ Rhododendron ‘Bow Jingles’. Rhododendron ‘Bow Jingles’ Rhododendron ‘Bow Jingles’ Cressy has done an amazing job with propagating scented Rhododendron and we now have hundreds to…

…pink) in the trumpets than Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’. Soon time to take cuttings of both. Plants like this are an inspiration even before you get the scent. Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’…

…Pittosporum adaphnephylloides? Rhododendron excellens full out by Georges Hut. The first flowering of this tender species here. Amazing scent. Rhododendron excellens Rhododendron excellens First flower on Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’. Magnolia…

…Dude’ A first flowering for the newly planted Camellia ‘Scentsation’. It is a japonica variety and I got no scent at all! Hard to see how it can have a…

…five weeks already. Camellia x williamsii ‘J C Williams’ Daphne bholua ‘Gurkha’ just coming out. No scent as yet. Daphne bholua ‘Gurkha’ Fresh new growth on Verbena bonariensis and signs…

…which looks closer. Perhaps the tree is young and well shaded so that the flowers will stand more upright in maturity? The scent is strong only in those half out…

…conservatory and flower in July with a very strong and overbearing scent. The flower trusses have fewer individual trumpets here than they used to at Burncoose but, unlike nuttallii, there…

…come between now and perhaps November. The flowers last only a day or two in full sun and the best scent is in the evenings with petals shattered on the…