28th July

…lithocarpus catkins male lithocarpus catkins male lithocarpus catkins 3. The younger of our two trees has a whiter sheen on the undersides of its leaves than the Tregrehan plant or…

1st April

…utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ Betula utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’. Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ I…

30th July

…runner bean-like seeds Cotoneaster horizontalis dying for lack of water. A most resilient plant normally. Cotoneaster horizontalis Mahonia aquifolium with an enormous crop of blue-black seeds with a silvery sheen….

23rd August

…– Centaurea ‘Silver Feather’. Centaurea ‘Silver Feather’ Centaurea ‘Silver Feather’ 2023 – CHW Cones forming on Picea abies which has now been exposed to more light after our clearance work…

24th May

…by the theme of the centenary as well as the stand and given both Burncoose and Millais gold medals, while the group got a silver gilt medal for their stand….

2nd January 1897- 2020

…just missed Persea japonica in the foreground (three ‘japonicas’ in two days!). silver fir silver fir silver fir Camellia ‘Mary Costa’ just starting to show at the top of the…

23rd March

…‘‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘‘Star Wars’ There are three seedlings from Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ which have clearly crossed up with the M. doltsopa near the original ‘Silver Cloud’ growing above…

5th April

…is out. Not in leaf at all yet and no catkins. Betula utilis ssp.jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis ssp.jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis ssp.jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis ssp.jacquemontii ‘Silver

3rd October

…Ilex mutchagara We saw Acer ‘Silver Cardinal’ (formerly x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’) with seed heads at Bonython. The Burncoose tree is now performing in a similar way. Acer ‘Silver Cardinal’…

5th August

…by Wisteria sinensis Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ with, as usual, exceptional secondary new growth which is pink and white becoming mottled green and white. Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’…