6th April

…a magnolia or a bunch of rhododendrons! So many visitors never look up! Perhaps we should sell Easter tickets just for primroses just as the snowdrop gardens do in January/February….

31st March

…over cooked I thought. 1901 – JCW The following show colour – Commodore, Griflamme, Firework, Dante just picked, Jacko, Glory of Leiden just shows colour, also G Bell, Emperor and…

2nd April

…Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Titan’ just out. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Titan’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’ looking good. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Prunus ‘Matsumae-beni-yutaka’ out just low down for now. Prunus ‘Matsumae-beni-yutaka’ 2024 – CHW An…

8th May

…Another for the collection. Magnolia ‘Champaign’ The three Fairy Michelias all just out together in a row. Michelia ‘Fairy Blush’ – just out. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ –…

30th March

…‘Paul Cook’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ Magnolia ‘Paul Cook’ 2024 – CHW Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ just opening and Acacia cultriformis just going over. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ just opening and Acacia cultriformis…

12th April

…johnsonii Hydrangea scandens subsp. chinensis full of flower. Hydrangea scandens subsp. chinensis Hydrangea scandens subsp. chinensis Young plants of the tender Brassaiopsis mitis here just arrived from France. Brassaiopsis mitis…

25th April

…Rhododendron russatum (in two forms) struggle on – but only just. Rhododendron‌ ‌russatum‌‌ Rhododendron‌ ‌russatum‌‌ Rehderodendron macrocarpum just out. Rehderodendron macrocarpum Still the odd flower left on the unnamed but…

9th April

…Bowl which we have lost. Azalea ‘Oino-Mezame’ Azalea ‘Oino-Mezame’ A picture of the Punch Bowl just coming out. the Punch Bowl just coming out Azalea ‘Katsura-no-hana’ – Kirume. Azalea ‘Katsura-no-hana’…

13th April

…its best. Rhododendron morii Rhododendron augustinii just coming out. Rhododendron augustinii Rain damage in Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’. Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ Staphylea trifolia just out. Staphylea trifolia Syringa x diversifolia flowering better than…

17th April

…‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Yuchelia’ just coming out. Magnolia ‘Yuchelia’ Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ just opening. Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Magnolia…

20th April

…Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ just out in flower. Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ A large Azalea ‘Fedora’ just coming out on the drive. Semi-evergreen. Azalea ‘Fedora’ Unripe elm seeds fallen onto the drive…

27th May

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW The Styrax season is just starting even though most of our plants…

1st May

…in the 2021 Burncoose catalogue. Just buds for now but interesting leaves with an odd silvery hue. Crataegus schraderiana Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ just out. Rounded habit so…

18th May

…out and very fine today. Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Paulownia kawakamii just coming out but, for now, just on…

12th May

…very first time here and it is stunning! What a tree this is going to be when it is covered in flowers rather than just having one? Pterostyrax species nova…

1st April

…wilsoniae just coming out below Slip Rail. Berberis wilsoniae Berberis wilsoniae Amelanchier lamarkii growing as a tree and just coming out in full flower. Amelanchier lamarkii Amelanchier lamarkii Amelanchier lamarkii…

24th April

…which is just starting to show. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Another first time flowering Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’ is completely new. 2017 planted and just one flower with leaves appearing. Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’…

11th April

…‘Yellow Bird’ just coming out. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ Magnolia ‘Sybille’ (M. x soulangeana ‘White Giant’ x M. ‘Leda’). Magnolia ‘Sybille’ Magnolia ‘Sybille’ Magnolia × soulangeana ‘Brozzonii’ – in Penvergate –…

7th April

…tinus ‘Trelease’ Persea japonica with its first fruits. Persea japonica Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ just showing. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’…

8th April

…– a Rhododendron maddenia subsection [?] just starting (CW & J 6342). Rhododendron maddenia Rhododendron maddenia Rhododendron ‘Damaris’ just coming out on the Main Ride. One of the best yellows…