…tiny 2cm flowers 20-30ft up. A very dull species with a totally insignificant flower which Tom says is crap even in New Zealand where his father grew it and cut…

…Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ (?) is a totally different colour to our other New Zealand plant which was a specific gift from Vance Hooper…

…expected. The colour fades a bit but is exceptional as the flower opens. Rather better than some of the better known ones I think. Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’…

…place so back to making videos for the website. Today one about the possibly oldest five Camellia sasanqua in the country with Karol behind the camera. Unbelievably tedious and totally…

…to its former status on the grounds that it would still be totally uneconomic. Even with huge capital investment in the full restoration of the greenhouses, storage and potting sheds…

…This particular clone was found by Edward Needham formerly of Tregye. It has especially narrow leaflets on its finely cut leaves. Very nice flower too and totally unlike Fatsia japonica….

…been totally ringbarked by squirrels from top to bottom. Carpinus Ilex mutchagara (perhaps Ilex mitis var. mutchagara) is a UK and Ireland record tree in Burncoose Garden. I wanted more…

…that it is totally unsafe in the garden this afternoon. Grim! 9am and a smattering of powdery snow through the nursery. snow Even the euonymus in the tunnels are showing…

…hellebores and, unlike others, was totally undamaged. One to get into our catalogue. Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ Helleborus ‘Pink Frost’ Trillium chloropetalum is not one we stock but…

…and the ‘Beast from the East’ is still raging yet.The magnolias outside the back yard which we admired a week ago are more than gone! Totally fucked to put it…