8th September

…Cloud’ Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ looking very fine. Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Stephi’ now full out. Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Stephi’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Stephi’ Agastache fren….

3rd May

‘Prairie Fire’ Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ Also in flower at the greenhouse today: Libertia chilensis Procera Group which was given to us on a visit to Blarney Castle in Ireland. Libertia…

30th July

…and Buddleia ‘Black Knight’ looking good together. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ and Buddleia ‘Black Knight’ 2020 – CHW An old clump of Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ on the drive. Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Hydrangea…

10th April

…Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Donald Wyman’ – good Malus ‘Donald Wyman’ – good Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ – excellent Malus ‘Prairie Fire’– excellent Malus ‘Royalty’ Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ Malus ‘Louisa’ Malus…

27th April

‘Prairie Fire’ in the car park. Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ Two enormous Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Morioka Weeping’ dating from 1824. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Morioka Weeping’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Morioka Weeping’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis…

22nd September

…needhami with fruits even though still in pots. Sorbus needhami Sorbus needhami First fruits on a pot grown Malus toringo. Malus toringo Also on Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ – this is…

11th February

…Sem x 3 Viburnum cinnamomifolium Viburnum sieboldiiFrank Matthews Prunus x per Spring Glow 125cm + bare-root Malus Admiration (Adirondack) 7L container Malus baccata 12L Malus florentina 12L Malus Prairie Fire®…

27th August

…have many US prairie partridges either! Mitchella repens Colour almost showing on Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Another week or so in the tunnels. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ 2020 – CHW A Burncoose…

5th May 1897 – 2020

…the New Zealanders. Much talk of change and ripping up the past to create new things. An American prairie with bison or cattle in place of many Chinese things? Progress…

11th March 1897 – 2020

night magnolias on Friday night magnolias on Friday night magnolias on Friday night magnolias on Friday night Acacia potaczeki was attractive and new to me. Acacia potaczeki Acacia potaczeki Pieris…

21st March 1897 – 2020

…on the way:Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ – still a sparse flowerer at a young age. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia reticulata – white form is new to us. Crinkly leaves when young….

20th March

…‘Midnight Magic’ we saw a day or two ago? Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia yunnanensis grown from February 2018 set seed. Another new species for the collection here….

22nd April

…very dark red Camellia ‘Night Rider’ which also grows at Burncoose. Here a huge bush near the house. Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia ‘Night Rider’ View 22nd April 1897 – 2020…

30th April

…suckering from below the graft and flowering white. Suckers must go! Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ still flowering well and a very dark red. Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’…

26th July

…have a fairly untended garden as turds on the beach are a ‘no, no’! 2016 – CHW The yellow Labrador, Nutty, ran off on the foreshore late last night and…

23rd August

…and very reddish leaves. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ A new catalogue entry is Hoya carnosa ‘Silver Spots’. Hoya carnosa ‘Silver Spots’ Eucryphia × hillieri…

5th January

…(Page 54). Camellia ‘Snow Girl’ Camellia ‘Snow Girl’ 2025 – CHW The Echiums dislike the second night of frost even more. Echiums Work starts on the main laurel hedge on…

9th January

…bush where I lay awaiting rescue The tree which the Gator got stuck in on Thursday night. The tree which the Gator got stuck in on Thursday night The tree…

23rd May 1897 – 2020

…would close ‘tonight’. It actually closed at lunchtime. Jill also told us that she had arranged for Sir Nicholas Bacon (the RHS President) to select HIS choice as Plant of…

30th April 1897 – 2020

…the garden and the farm crops have needed. I saw the first two swifts last night but did not see them go to their nest site in the tallest tower…