…being the tallest. These cannot be far off that. Echium pininana Echium pininana My father was also very fond of granny’s bonnets which still thrive outside the dining room. granny’s…

…CHW An Echium pininana which did not survive the winter east wind. Echium pininana Tree Echium pininana which did. Echium pininana The very last flower on the 1897 planted Magnolia…

…brown and dead or have blown over. Not before scattering seeds everywhere though! Echium pininana Echium pininana Echium pininana Plenty of seed forming on both the original Camellia saluenensis which…

…growth on the Echium pininana seedlings outside the drawing room. These need thinning or removing before they cover the whole window. Echium pininana seedlings View 28th January 1897 – 2020…

…Library window. Amazing blue flowers which then individually fade to light pinkish. Echium pininana Echium pininana Echium pininana 2016 – CHW We have placed our and planted all the largest…

…growth already well set where there were no buds. Rhododendron ovatum The huge (12-15ft) Echium pininana have burst into flower and the bees are very active. Echium pininana Echium pininana…

…the record height actually is? Echium pininana Echium pininana Staphylea x elegans is also a late flowerer compared to the rest. A tinge of red apparently as the buds open…

…breath! Embothrium in Tromso, Norway Embothrium in Tromso, Norway Embothrium in Tromso, Norway Echium pininana full out already. Echium pininana Echium pininana Lunaria annua (Honesty) brought back from Manley Cottage…

…Smilax aspera Echium pininana collapsing and dying. This one has already shed its seeds and died. Echium pininana This one has a few weeks to go before it succumbs. Echium…

…more pink than blue so nearly over. The bees are busy enjoying the flower spike. Echium pininana Echium pininana Stewartia pseudocamellia just coming out into flower. Many more flowers than…

…pininana Echium pininana 2019 – CHW In our absence Jaimie has installed the two paths to the shed in Tin Garden. We have used chipped bark supplied to us by…

…Echium pininana Echium pininana Staphylea x elegans is also a late flowerer compared to the rest. A tinge of red apparently as the buds open but we are almost too…

…looking good with Erica arborea. Rubus tricolor looking good with Erica arborea Unfrosted Echium pininana and Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ make an unusual combination in early March! Echium pininana and…

…well and here we are. Rhododendron morii Rhododendron morii Rhododendron morii Magnolia ‘Carlos’ with some flowers frosted and some not. Magnolia ‘Carlos’ First flowers out on the Echium pininana. Echium…

…out on Echium pininana by the Gents loos. Echium pininana The Times pretend they want to do an article about our 40 years at Burncoose but of course it’s only…

…the flowers are 20ft up. Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ Echium pininana and Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ – both full out. Echium pininana Rhododendron ‘Patty Bee’ in the Rockery. Rhododendron ‘Patty Bee’ Vaccinum urceolatum…

…dead ‘bending the knee’. Magnolia dawsoniana Magnolia dawsoniana The clump of 15-18ft tall Echium pininana have nearly finished flowering and will soon be scattering seed far and wide. How did…

…new Echium pininana seedlings set to produce flower spikes next year. Echium pininana seedlings Hardly an old leaf survived the blasting but here is Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ in fine…

…Meliosma rigida Still unfrosted Echium pininana and Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ in full flower. Echium pininana and Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica flowers in their full tasselated glory. Very…

…the insides of the petals and not readily visible as the flowers hang here. Clematis cirrhosa var balerica Clematis cirrhosa var balerica A huge crop of Echium pininana seedlings have…