…‘Black Velvet’ outstanding and very late flowering. Delphinium ‘Black Velvet’ Delphinium ‘Black Velvet’ Hebe ‘Britta Imp’ with a very compact habit. Hebe ‘Britta Imp’ New to me – Anemone ‘Elfin…

…Lunaplant introduction. (M. ‘Pickard’s Sundew’ x M. brooklynensis ‘Titan’). Magnolia ‘Melon Sky’ Magnolia ‘Melon Sky’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Honey Velvet’ finally out in flower. Michelia laevifolia ‘Honey Velvet’ Michelia laevifolia ‘Honey…

…a hint of a yellow stripe amid the dark purple. Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ Reevsia sinica has shed what was left of its old leaves after the ‘Beast’…

…‘Cetemayo’ Rhododendron ‘Cetemayo’ Rhododendron ‘Cetemayo’ – bought from Millais Nurseries Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ Rhododendron ‘Glendoick Velvet’ – plastered, but not my colour. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk…

…surprising white with, I admit, a blackish velvety stem. Wrongly named? No idea as it is entirely new to me and not in any reference book. Magnolia ‘Black Velvet’ Magnolia…

…just coming out. Rhododendron ‘Praecox’ Camellia japonica ‘Royal Velvet’ – a newish variety to Burncoose. Camellia japonica ‘Royal Velvet’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ in flower in the cash point. Magnolia ‘Todd’s…

…house martins today. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Honey Velvet’ flowers do not seem to open out flat but drop once they are cup shaped. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Honey Velvet’ Magnolia stellata ‘Jane Platt’…

…entries. Hydrangea ‘Velvet Night Red Lace’ – came second or third. Hydrangea ‘Velvet Night Red Lace’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Groundbreaker Ruby’ – came second or third. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Groundbreaker Ruby’ Dicentra…

…de Rothschild’ Rhododendron yakushimanum looking good as well in a clump on Burns Banks. Rhododendron yakushimanum Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Red Velvet’ out on Burns Bank. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Red Velvet’ Acer pycnanthum…

…– CHW To Burncoose to deliver the 2025 catalogue proof at its first stage.Agapanthus ‘Royal Velvet’ is quite stunning today. Agapanthus ‘Royal Velvet’ Hydrangeas lined up for customers by the…

…meadow is cut to the ground and reseeded each year. wild flower meadow wild flower meadow Eryngium bourgatii ‘Picos Blue’ very fine. Eryngium bourgatii ‘Picos Blue’ Agapanthus ‘Royal Velvet’ and…

…Magnolia laevifolia ‘Velvet and Cream’ with extraordinary and colourful seed pods. Magnolia laevifolia ‘Velvet and Cream’ The climber tunnel looking pretty good too. The climber tunnel 2022 – CHW It’s…

…week from peak Magnolia time although the storms have knocked-off buds and damaged flowers. It will not be a vintage magnolia year but still gorgeous today with a blue sky….

…aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ A particularly dark Dierama by the Old Playhouse. Dierama Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ – the first flower to come out now turning pinkish. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ Hydrangea paniculata…

…Outside there is more yellow in the leaves and more white in the tunnels. Pennisetum ‘Sky Rocket’ Pennisetum ‘Sky Rocket’ Euphorbia cyparissus ‘Orange Man’ is not in flower but its…

…ago. The foliage has gone a bit yellowish as a result. Camellia ‘Jovey Carlyon’ Red sky over the castle today. Red sky Later in the morning the two adult swans…

…Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’, also 2014 planted, is well out now too against a cold blue sky. Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ has been out for weeks. Still holding up well…

…Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ – rather windblown. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Shirazz’ (Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia denudata) nearly full out and very dark against a dark sky….

…as it gets as I well remember from 3 years ago. Paul Young-Jamieson 2017 – CHW Glorious sun and a blue sky for the magnolias. I will let the pictures…

…here a flower. Rhododendron yuefengense Raf Lennart’s gift of Magnolia figo var crassipes x (M. foveolata x M. laevifolia) with its first flower. Orange velvet on the new growth. Magnolia…