22nd April

…seen over the years. Tilia henryana Centaurea montana ‘Purple Heart’ out well before expected in this early year. Centaurea montana ‘Purple Heart’ Teucrium lucidrys ‘Lucky Gold’ just coming into proper…

14th July

…is any rush this year with so much rain again this week. We were very lucky to have got 1300 bales of hay in this year in the brief dry…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…another still day. We may be lucky tomorrow for the wedding. David and Jenny Knuckey (my long since retired partners from Burncoose) are doing Serena’s flowers. The nursery have failed…

22nd March

…to see, what a treat we are lucky.Just a few things that I had noted….That tender oak I think may be Q. fleuryi. [Correct]I think that the Kew Schima may…

8th January

…it Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’ was not quite so lucky. Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ still with a full set of leaves. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ A good show of buds…

30th December

…find as yet anyway. Twigs, branches and debris on all the paths. Perhaps we were lucky. The unnamed Camellia x williamsii and saluenensis hybrids below Tin Garden are nearly over…

15th December

…Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ A deadish sweet chestnut fell across the drive today at Burncoose. Rob was leaf blowing only three paces away so a lucky escape. Not much wind and…

17th November

…pictures speak for themselves of a narrow and lucky escape! A few bruises, bath and a strong drink! Never a dull moment in lockdown. 2019 – CHW A trip to…

22nd August

…last 48 hours at most so a lucky chance to have seen it today. Smell light but slightly unpleasant. Magnolia tamaulipana 2020 – CHW Taxodium distichum ‘Hursley Park’ is a…

3rd November

…the path to Brunel Bridge. The American shooting party who were here yesterday were lucky (and so were we)! rotten at the base sycamore rotten at the base sycamore Metasequoia…

12th July

…lecture tent programme it was not advertised much and the first lecture had zero attendees so I was probably lucky! Took one styrax plant and sold it! lecture hall 2017…

12th May

…are so lucky to have such an experienced, dedicated and professional team. It is not just plants and horticulture when it comes to designing and making a circular stand as…

5th April

…Pseudotaxus chienii which is a shrub with yew like leaves and, one day, white berries if we are lucky. Pseudotaxus chienii Pseudotaxus chienii Pseudotaxus chienii You really do not see…

2nd April

…full dormancy with little sign of new growth yet. We have been lucky that the mail order held up so well (only £30k down on the previous March) – garden…

1st April

…12 hours of strong wind and rain overnight. We were lucky to get everything cut in the day. Michelia maudiae with a gorgeous scent and silvery undersides to its leaves….

19th February

…I know yet, not one insurance claim to raise. You might argue that we were just lucky but, those who remember January 1990, and any seafarer (which I am definitely…

19th March 1897 – 2020

…seed list over several years and grown on at Caerhays. Most of these crosses are unnamed and perhaps we will get lucky with something genuinely new and different in the…