27th July

…‘Rhubarb and Custard’ Lonicera henryi (evergreen) seems a better plant to me and was performing well in the tunnels. Lonicera henryi Lonicera henryi Lobelia excelsa will become popular – a…

1st August

…Helenium ‘Sombrero’ Helenium ‘Sombrero’ Lonicera x americana Lonicera x americana Lonicera x americana Lonicera x americana Lonicera perc ‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicera perc ‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicera perc ‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicear x…

6th June

…which sold immediately. Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Styrax japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Lonicera giraldii interesting. Lonicera giraldii Lonicera giraldii Machilus yunnanensis on the Burncoose stand. Machilus yunnanensis Huodendron tibeticum on the…

30th January

…(A393). beech tree A fine huge clump of the semi evergreen Lonicera fragrantissima on the roadside by the nursery entrance and near The Copper House. Lonicera fragrantissima Lonicera fragrantissima A…

31st January 1897 – 2020

Lonicera nitida ‘Tidy Tips’ Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ is full out as one would expect. Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ Osmanthus yunnanensis full out as well. Osmanthus yunnanensis So…

10th May

…it to us originally. Cercis canadensis ‘Lavender Twist’ Cercis canadensis ‘Lavender Twist’ A clump of Lonicera japonica growing on an old stump. Lonicera japonica Lonicera japonica I wonder what this…

31st May

Lonicera lanceolata Lonicera lanceolata Below the Rabbit Warren is the unusual shrubby honeysuckle (from Crug) Lonicera lanceolata. Not one to rush for but different and worth propagating. Weigelia ‘Florida Variegata’…

20th June

…a perfect rockery plant to grow perhaps with Fuchsia procumbens? Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Stewartia pteropetiolata is just coming out. Still plenty of flowers to follow….

11th February

…morning alone. The telehandler unloads a lorry The telehandler unloads a lorry Berries on Lonicera alseuosmoides which I have seen before. Lonicera alseuosmoides Black berries on Lonicera crassifolia which I…

18th April

…to Burncoose (on the bank above Hovel Cart Road above the Osmanthus with wrinkled/prickly leaves and beside the Exochorda). Lonicera involucrata Lonicera involucrata Lonicera involucrata 2020 – CHW I suppose…

12th May

…Rhododendron ‘Germanica’ Rhododendron ‘Germanica’ Now a real oddity for Chelsea. Lonicera subaequalis ‘Ogisu’. A very blue hue to the leaves and extraordinary flowers. One to make the judges think. Lonicera

21st June

…try for this in our 2018 catalogue. Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia The sycamores are setting a plentiful crop of seed very early in this 10 day long heatwave….

10th July

Lonicera implexa – a species I had never seen before. Lonicera implexa Lonicera implexa Lonicera implexa What I assume is Schizophragma hydrangeoides (perhaps ‘Rose Sensation’?) with a fine show on…

17th July

…solar panels. As last year far busier than any of the others – tea rooms overflowing. Aloe parviflora in full flower (Hesperaloe parviflora perhaps?) Aloe parviflora Aloe parviflora Lonicera sempervirens…

20th November

…‘Purpurea’ Unusual to find a flower on Datura sanguinea in November! Datura sanguinea Berries on a new species of lonicera to us – Lonicera crassifolia which is clearly evergreen. Lonicera

22nd April

…Camellia ‘Hooker’ was bred by Gillian Carlyon. It is almost a Higo camellia in the shape of its stamens. Camellia ‘Hooker’ Camellia ‘Hooker’ Lonicera korokowii Lonicera korokowii Lonicera korokowii This…

23rd April

…very good in full sun in a hot dry bed. Lonicera tatarica ‘Hacks Red’ or ‘Arnold Red’ Lonicera tatarica ‘Hacks Red’ or ‘Arnold Red’ A well pruned and manicured old…

28th April

…Schizophragma integrifolium ‘Emei Shan’ The best Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra’ I have ever seen. Magnolia liliiflora ‘Nigra’ Euonymus clivicola. Euonymus clivicola Euonymus clivicola Sarvina. Sarvina Sarvina Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’. Lonicera

29th June

…Every garden centre sells this! Lonicera periclymenum Lonicera periclymenum A blue fescue of some sort. I photographed this last year in the Isle of Wight but nothing like the 5ft…

1st July

…Hand. Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia The conversion of the Hovel barns nears completion but now Western Power cannot connect both properties with electric on time! COVID of course but just…