…a crater just inside the corner of Bramble Field gate. Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’ Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’ 2016 – CHW A mad rush to clear up after yesterday’s invasion…

…ground cover plants were a revelation here. We were shown around by the owners Andrew and Vicky Roberts. No longer regularly open to the public. Disporum ‘Night Heron’. Disporum ‘Night…

…pissardi just opening, Cam Lady Clare is good, Lady Roberts and others show odd blooms, various heaths very good. Certain red hybrid rhodo’s are coming on, Rho barbatum is half…

…Rudolph’ ‘Lord Rudolph’ ‘Lord Rudolph’ 2016 – CHW The seasons are changing. The Asiatic tree magnolias are nearly over and we are moving into proper rhododendron time with the yellow…

…‘Beni-Yutaka’ Prunus matsumae ‘Beni-Yutaka’ Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’ is pink in bud opening to the more normal cream colour. Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’ Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’ Camellia ‘Dream Castle’…

…Magnolia ‘Peachy’ in its full glory today below Slip Rail. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolf’. Pink in bud but eventually fading to creamy-pink. Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolf’ Rhododendron sinogrande…

…to five years’ time to transplant and move elsewhere. Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’ Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’ A hectic day with the producer of ‘Salvage Hunters’ planning a six to…

…Quercus gilva 2020 – CHW So Lord Bragg and the other leading lights in the art/cultural world want (a mere) £50 billion from the government (just like those nice Germans…

…on Saturday. Ridley’s article reads exactly as I have been arguing for days here but with much greater clarity and far more knowledge of the facts. If Lord Sumption set…

…them asking the questions listed here! Lord Sugar Lord Sugar A survivor from my mother’s gardening era is a small bed of Iris siberica ‘Snow Queen’. Iris siberica ‘Snow Queen’…

…my amazement Calliandra surinamensis has survived and is now putting on new growth. Calliandra surinamensis Jasminum specio. ‘Lord Howick’, a gift from Lord H in 2018, is extremely vigorous. Just…

…it looks more mixed than this to me. The original plant put here was pinched after planting. My father took Lord Falmouth to view it one day years ago and,…

…rhoifolia Lithocarpus hancei with its attractive and delicate reddish new growth. Lithocarpus hancei The first tall echium into flower. echium 2020 – CHW Lord Sumption sums up, very succinctly, the…

…or grandia hybrid 1 truss 1st – R. ‘Lord Rudolph’ 1st – R. ‘Lord Rudolph’ Any species of falconeri or grandia 1 truss 1st – R. falconeri ssp. eximeum Any…

…a new item for sale on the Burncoose website. Euonymus myrianthus Euonymus myrianthus Hidden away is the rather sad sight of a drought struck Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’. Dead soon…

…alatus Hydrangea aspera from Lord Howick – a fairly insignificant flower but clearly a rarity. Hydrangea aspera The first flower on Camellia ‘November Pink’ in October this year. Camellia ‘November…

…attendees addressed by Lord Gardiner, a Defra Minister with strong support for culling grey squirrels to facilitate a reintroduction in Cornwall . We have red squirrels on the ground at…

…Lear saw it yesterday) – Bishop Peter shows colour.1969 – FJW Trewidden Grande very good.1962 – FJW St Ewe hedge very good. Too mild – cut back by Lord Headford…

…and Lord Falmouth often showed it over the years at autumn Garden Society dinners. Rhododendron nobleanum ‘Album’ Rhododendron nobleanum ‘Album’ New things for us to plant out in the next…

…perambulations of the garden being disrupted. Lord Falmouth’s (gifted, stolen and then replanted) Liquidambar styraciflua has lost its branches on one side from the pine branch. However Podocarpus parlatorei has…