6th February

…week. Here Cornus mas is just starting to show while C. officinalis is over already. Cornus mas Cornus mas A large plant of Mahonia aquifolium with flowers just coming and…

6th August

…More Clerodendron bungei suckers. Clerodendron bungei Fruit on Cornus mas. Looks edible but not sure? Cornus mas Cornus mas Pyrus x michauxii with small pears. A record tree here. Pyrus…

25th February

…The rather unexciting Cornus mas ‘Variegata’ just out. Cornus mas ‘Variegata’ The 1913 Magnolia campbellii just now starting. 1913 Magnolia campbellii The Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ seedling in the Aucklandii Garden…

2nd March

…trip to Burncoose and some nice rhododendron combinations in the cash point: praecox and ‘Bric-a-Brac’ praecox and ‘Bric-a-Brac’ praecox and ‘Christmas Cheer’ praecox and ‘Christmas Cheer’ ‘Ostara’ and cilpinense ‘Ostara’…

31st January

…cultriformis by the old Playhouse. Massive leaf drop but the buds still look to be intact. Acacia cultriformis Acacia cultriformis The buds on Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ are just shedding their…