25th October

…will be a feature plant one day. Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Star’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Star’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Star’ 1998 – FJW Many flowers on Nov Pink. Very wet year…

2nd August

…in July? Odd. Loropetalum chinensis var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ Loropetalum chinensis var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ Indigofera howellii has a very dark pink flower – almost reddish. Indigofera howellii 2023 – CHW Quinces…

8th April

…Amelanchier lamarkii Amelanchier lamarkii Syringa pinnatifolia out much earlier than ours. Syringa pinnatifolia Syringa pinnatifolia Choisya ‘Aztec Pearl’ – a shy flowerer with us in the nursery. Choisya ‘Aztec Pearl’…

18th November

…turning nicely. Ginkgo Franklinia alatamaha has amazing autumn colour. Franklinia alatamaha Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ now full out. Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ Next year’s crop of herbaceous plants…

9th April

…Malus ‘Red Obelisk’ is the first to show in the Kitchen Garden planting. Malus ‘Red Obelisk’ Malus ‘Red Obelisk’ Magnolia ‘Fukuju’ is a form of M. soulangeana introduced by Nakamura,…

24th December

…Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ A red sky as dawn breaks over Burncoose. red sky as dawn Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ in fine flowering form. Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Three…

15th May

…Plantation has made a decent tree in only five years. It stands out today covered in flower. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis Magnolia liliiflora ‘Raven’ is nearly over but has flowered

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…japonica ‘Grace Abviton’ Camellia japonica ‘Grace Abviton’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Pearl’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Pearl’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Tregrehan’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Tregrehan’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mimosa Jury’ Camellia x…

9th March

…is a stronger colour but not really ‘red’ like some of the New Zealand hybrids like ‘Ian’s Red’ or ‘Red as Red’. Nigel Holman bred this and Treseders Nursery offered

12th April

…Camellia reticulata ‘Debut’ Camellia reticulata ‘Debut’ Camellia reticulata (hybrid) ‘Red Chrystal’ – a darkish red single but late flowering. Camellia reticulata (hybrid) ‘Red Chrystal’ Camellia reticulata (hybrid) ‘Red Chrystal’ Camellia…