27th September

…it better than the Acer conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ at Burncoose? Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’ Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’ Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’ A filthy day all day. The puddles persist!…

13th December

…gales. Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’ Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’ Last leaves still holding on Magnolia dawsoniana outside the front gate. Just about every other magnolia has finally shed now. Magnolia…

23rd July

…Trachycarpus and Phoenix. Cordyline, Trachycarpus and Phoenix Cordyline, Trachycarpus and Phoenix A bit of weeding to do here still! A bit of weeding to do Nerium oleander perfectly happy outside…

28th July

…trunks. A major improvement all over the garden. Phoenix canariensis Phoenix canariensis Celtis caucasica – Caucasian Nettle Tree – had not, I think, been spotted before on my annual visits…

15th May

…is most of the Aeonium collection which survived the snow and endless rain of the winter and spring. Not everything made it. Aeonium ‘Phoenix Flame’ Aeonium ‘Phoenix Flame’ Aeonium ‘Du-Rozzen’….

8th July

…robusta Phoenix canariensis untouched too. Phoenix canariensis 2017 – CHW Stop and marvel at the peeling bark on Rhododendron stenaulum. We have just pruned other things away from it so…

30th September

…of the double stemmed horse chestnut end of the double stemmed horse chestnut Autumn colour on a grafted Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’ (rootstock is Acer davidii ‘George Forrest’). Acer x…

5th October

…better than the Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’ at Burncoose opposite the mist houses on the main drive. Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ Also on Sinogrande Walk is Viburnum erubescens from…

12th September

…even than the Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’ at Burncoose which I showed to The Garden Society a year or two ago. Much more red and pink in the autumn flush….