24th June

…Ligustrum confusum The attractive bark of Maytenus boaria with some branches weeping and drooping as is normal. Maytenus boaria Maytenus boaria Another separate plant of Maytenus boaria has much more…

29th September

…in Irish gardens than Cornish ones. We have never had it on the Burncoose website before so let us get cracking. Maytenus boaria Maytenus boaria Maytenus boaria Maytenus boaria The…

5th April

…from China but it proved too tender to grow outside. Nageia nagi Maytenus magellanica is quite different in appearance from the Maytenus boaria which we grow well. A smaller and…

26th May

…nothing like our home grown Styrax hookeri which has been here since the 1920s. Styrax hookeri yunnanensis new species of MaytenusMaytenus magellanica arrived from Burncoose last week. Maytenus

30th May

…be 40+ species now. Viburnum cassinoides Maytenus magellanica is the second species of Maytenus here. Larger leaves! Maytenus magellanica Celtis tetrandra heralds the start of the new Celtis collection which…

27th May

…Quercus acuta Maytenus boaria with its drooping branches. Maytenus boaria Meliosma veitchiorum in full flower. Meliosma veitchiorum Meliosma veitchiorum Meliosma veitchiorum This Pinus insignis will shed more branches very soon….

29th May

…– Honey fungus? Fungi on a tree stump Azalea ‘Silver Slipper’ by the Green Gate. Azalea ‘Silver Slipper’ Azalea ‘Silver Slipper’ 2024 – CHW Maytenus boaria is a most graceful…

12th July

…maddenii Maytenus magellanica getting going a year on from planting in Kennel Close. Maytenus magellanica Acacia obliquinervia seems to be struggling nearby. Acacia obliquinervia A drought casualty that you could…

2nd November

…flower buds but no colour as yet in this ridiculously early autumn for camellia flowering anyway. Rhododendron mucronulatum 2023 – CHW Maytenus magellanica planted out recently in Kennel Close. Maytenus

10th January

…out in Tin Garden. Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ A young Maytenus magellanica has stood up well to the storms. Maytenus magellanica Styrax japonica ‘Jippei Kawamurai’ still has some leaf…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 5)

…RHS Encyclopaedia. Baccharis patagonica with tiny leaves. Nothofagus nitida. Maytenus magellanica in flower as a young plant. Nothofagus moorei. A young Callitris rhomboidea with its first seed head. The darkest…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…to look more closely at other rare plants (Maytenus boraria) or the huge number of other Camellia reticulatas in their national collection. 2015 – CHW ‘Magnolia Mania’ continues with yet…