…full out today. One to propagate and add to the Burncoose catalogue. A light, compact and dense shrub planted in 2006 and now about 5-6ft tall. Olearia nummularifolia Olearia nummularifolia…

…is developing well and about to give a fine show. Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) The Magnolia campbellii var. alba…

…Record Tree Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta. Magnolia x sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ and the Record Tree Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta A spectacular show from the Record Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta….

…blew down recently at Donkey Shoe Abies forrestii Abies forrestii Abies forrestii A very fine Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var…

…cold so far. Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox Eucalyptus simonosii – 2014 planted and now also 30-35ft or so with wonderful bark. Eucalyptus…

…Betula albosinensis Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula…

…var. zollingeri Photinia villosa var. laevis covered in berries but far less ripe. Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia macrophylla (if correctly named?) has joined the dodo!…

…Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri Rhododendron hyperythrum ‘Omo’ AM coming into flower. Rhododendron hyperythrum ‘Omo’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ and Magnolia dawsoniana. Rhododendron ‘Cornish…

…tailed tits nest Styrax formosanus var. hayatainus just coming out. Styrax formosanus var. hayatainus Styrax shiraianus making great headway. Styrax shiraianus Styrax shiraianus New growth on Tetradium var. fraxinifolium. Tetradium…

…Group Styrax formosanus var. hatayanus with incredible scent. Styrax formosanus var. hatayanus Styrax formosanus var. hatayanus Bark fissures or splits in Photinia beauverdiana var. notabilis. Photinia beauverdiana var. notabilis The…

…in the garden (featured in the diary last week). Magnolia sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ crossed with Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ crossed with Magnolia…

…drooping tree. Carpinus turczaninowii var. turczaninowii (Farrer) Carpinus turczaninowii var. turczaninowii (Farrer) Photinia serratifolia var. ardisiifolia (NMWJ 14513) with its new growth. Photinia serratifolia var. ardisiifolia (NMWJ 14513) Quercus hypoxantha…

…cavalerei var. platypetala Michelia cavalerei var. platypetala Michelia floribunda var. tonkinensis (WWJ 11982) with a few flowers high up. Not as many flowers as last year. Michelia floribunda var. tonkinensis…

…‘King George’. Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Rhododendron haemaleum var. atrorubum (perhaps?) Rhododendron haemaleum var. atrorubum Magnolia floribunda still has plenty of flowers on its lower branches. Magnolia floribunda Nasty looking…

…spreading branched habit. Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. zollingeri has much redder berries in much sparser…

…visit to Burncoose for meetings.Our Burncoose stock plant of Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica Tennant’ by the mist houses. Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica Tennant’ Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica…

…x (laevifolia x maudiae) Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) planted in 2016. Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Amabilis’ just coming out. I…

…conservatory. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ The view below the front lawn. The view Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ – a spectacular first…

…last year, vivid red new female cones and male flowers. A tremendous show today. Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Magnolia ‘Dark Shadow’ is…

…two further along into its first flowering (M. sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ x M. campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’). M. sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ x M. campbellii var. mollicomata ssp….