27th February

…in the Burncoose dining room – eight of us including two of the dreaded ‘legal’ species. Burncoose dining room The view from the Burncoose front door still has no magnolias…

21st January

…Caerhays and Burncoose Fargesia murielie – more recently at Burncoose and in nursery plants Pseudosasa japonica – common Cornish windbreak plant which flowered circa 30 years ago. Some isolated survivors…

11th February

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW To Burncoose on a very wet day. Boxes of liner sized plants…

11th May

…fangiana Carpinus fangiana Rhododendron xanthocodon at Burncoose – a young plant doing well. Rhododendron xanthocodon Caerhays lost two Wollemi pines in cold spells after planting. The Burncoose one isn’t looking…

12th March

…As usual some flowers blown open and pale while others are a good ‘red. Magnolia sprengeri diva ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia ‘JC Williams’ on the Burncoose lawn. A few dead branches from…

22nd May

…Drinks with Charles Drinks at the Burncoose Stand Drinks at the Burncoose Stand Drinks Chelsea drinks Chelsea drinks Chelsea interview Alan Titchmarsh visited The Great Gardens stand at Chelsea to…

23rd May

…again where we manage to get her posing so you can actually see the bloody Burncoose sign. Naomie Harris on the Burncoose Stand Hugely embarrassing moment when the press want…

6th June

…with red flowers. Tibouchina grossa The Burncoose selling tables by 8.30am. Burncoose selling tables Burncoose selling tables A gift of a seedling Lithocarpus quercifoleia which Tom obtained as seed in…

2nd April

…The Burncoose Nurseries stand. Burncoose Nurseries stand The Great Gardens of Cornwall stand. Great Gardens of Cornwall stand 2022 – CHW Nearly a frost last night and some hailstones which…

20th February

…var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ crossed with Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ crossed with Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’ Pruning the Hydrangea seemanii and Camellia…