7th May

…amount of rain, but main falls have missed us and passed by on eastern side. Some good Big Leaved Rhodo’s flowering on Rookery Path. 1928 – JCW Loder’s White as…

27th September

falls (as we have had before with cattle) and I doubt that ponies on their own can really keep the bracken and scrub at bay without additional topping from time…

20th August

…Nothofagus antarctica Rosa ‘Handel’ with a secondary full out flower as dusk falls. Rosa ‘Handel’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ struggling in the drought with shrivelled leaves. Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ Symphoricarpos albus…

26th May

…wiesneri As the rain falls off into the Rockery. Then driven home by the thunder – the dogs do not like it. Rhododendron radicans, one of the most dwarf and…

6th May

…This quickly falls to £2k when we fail to reply. 2023 – CHW Coronation day here on a drizzly, overcast day with mist and sea fret. Perfect growing weather for…

24th February 1897 – 2020

…or falls over. young bought in grafted plant labelled ‘Alba’ young bought in grafted plant labelled ‘Alba’ Magnolia ‘Vairano’ (Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ x campbellii) is not bad. Burncoose now stocks this….