3rd July

…before now. Has there ever previously been so many flower spikes? Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum var. caudatifolium nearby is flowerless….

20th December

Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum A slightly different leaf structure on Vaccinium dunalianum var. caudatifolium (NMWJ 14558) and no flowers or fruits yet. Planted only a year ago. Vaccinium dunalianum var….

13th October

…on the Burncoose website needing more pictures. Vaccinium dunalianum var. magaphyllum was originally a gift from Rod White. Now a thriving large shrub and covered in unripe berries. Vaccinium dunalianum…

10th April

…azalea Another Wilson 50 azalea Phillyrea angustifolia is making a good flowering clump in the Isla Rose. Phillyrea angustifolia Vaccinium corymbosum nicely in flower. Vaccinium corymbosum Vaccinium corymbosum I am…

11th May

…Syringa vulgaris My favourite Icelandic poppies on the drive here. Icelandic poppies Vaccinium urceolatum in flower in the Rockery. Vaccinium urceolatum Vaccinium urceolatum 2024 – CHW I still have no…

30th July

…saw the buds about a fortnight ago. Still a reddish tinge to the flowers but this has faded. Vaccinium dunalianum v. megaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum v. megaphyllum Steve Dance took this…

1st August

…Also new to us and in flower today is the evergreen Vaccinium megaphyllum. Quite pretty and now the prospect I hope of fruits for Asia to sow later. Vaccinium megaphyllum…

27th August

…with our Vaccinium dondaldianum. Vaccinium dunalianum x caudatifolium (NMWJ 14558) Seed heads forming on Euonymus moupinensis (E. echinatus) – just a few and, like the flowers, they sit half way…

19th October

…‘Sode-Gashuki’ (‘Gauntlettii’) Vaccinium corymbosum in the Isla Rose Plantation is now at its absolute best. Vaccinium corymbosum Vaccinium corymbosum 2023 – CHW A fine show of secondary flowers on the…

2nd October

…‘Rising Sun’ covered in pink seed capsules. Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Rising Sun’ Vaccinium corymbosum with early autumn colour. Vaccinium corymbosum Not a day to be out at sea. Not a day…

14th January

…while the other 2 plants on the drive are nearly over. Camellia ‘Yuletide’ Loads of ripe seed on Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum. Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum Schefflera shweliensis (TH 3330)…

1st June

…pink in the white flowers. Deutzia subulata Deutzia subulata Vaccinium cylindraceum looking very fine today. Vaccinium cylindraceum This is the first time we have actually seen the very tiny red…

30th September

…the white forms of sasanqua. white forms of sasanqua 2022 – CHW After heavy rain for 16 hours another planting day with the ground rather wetter.Berries on Vaccinium retusum as…

26th June

…3 years on the big leaf species below Burns Bank.. Decent growth Decent amounts of fruit on Vaccinium corymbosum which are just starting to change colour. Vaccinium corymbosum Camellia japonica…

6th April

…Then everyone could just look at their feet. I wonder why the three Vaccinium floribundum above the greenhouse which were doing so well have suddenly all died? MAGNOLIA ‘Big Dude’…

9th July

…has recovered from the drought years and is now flowering well. Hydrangea involucrata (from Crug) below Burns Bank. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ – pink form. Fruit flowering on Vaccinium corymbosum. Salix…

3rd September

…of the escapees from the mink farm in St Austell. Now we have something even worse! Susyn Andrews can now identify this ancient clump of Gaultheria hookeri or Vaccinium wardii…

16th October

…Betula circles Flowering grasses beside the lower lake. Flowering grasses Flowering grasses A very fine Alnus cordata, Italian alder. Alnus cordata Alnus cordata 2022 – CHW Seeds forming on Vaccinium

9th February 1897 – 2020

…on the Big Vib. fragrans, Meliosma veitchiorum, the most western Euonymus fimbriatus (note correct name: Lucidus), one Vaccinium ovatum. Several other plants? The small Reevesia The single Corylopsis near Reevesia…