6th January

…the builders and scaffolding over it last summer. 10-12ft in height with a similar spread. Jasminum nudiflorum Jasminum nudiflorum Jasminum nudiflorum An unnamed Camellia x williamsii seedling full out outside…

22nd December

…dead birch tree Jasminium nudiflorum coming out into flower for Christmas. Jasminium nudiflorum Jasminium nudiflorum Viburnum bodnantense flowering away on a drab winters day. Viburnum bodnantense Viburnum bodnantense Self sown…

29th December

…quite quickly barring the usual horticultural disasters. 2021 – CHW Rhododendron nobleanum now full out on the drive. Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum Jasminum nudiflorum on the stone faced earth bank…

12th February

…Magnolia ‘F.J. Williams’ 2023 – CHW A drizzly day and more meetings at Burncoose. Surprising what else was out in flower and the many signs of frost damage.Jasminum nudiflorum –…

8th January

…plants labelled Parakmeria lotungensis. I think this should now be named Magnolia lotungensis which is quite similar to Magnolia nitida when I saw it at Tregrehan. Parakmeria lotungensis Jasminum nudiflorum

2nd January

…a white Camellia, some bits of Nobleanum and Sasangua. R mucronulatum is nice and it opens well in water, nothing here to touch the Jasminum nudiflorum at Werrington. 1913 –…

5th January

…Japonica has a flower or two. R mucronulatum is about its best, Lapageria a few, Coums come on, the first snowdrops just show colour. Jasminum nudiflorum is far the best…

17th February

…of root suckers appearing. Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ and Jasminum nudiflorum. Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ and Jasminum   Kerria japonica ‘Pleniflora’   Kerria japonica ‘Pleniflora’ Kerria…