15th October

…Arora Borealis Arora Borealis Arora Borealis Arora Borealis Fuchsia exorticata has several early flowers by the front door. Fuchsia exorticata The ancient darker pink Camellia sasanqua is now full out….

27th February 1897 – 2020

…named Magnolia grandiflora varieties looks fantastic. Magnolia grandiflora As do the two magnolias above the wall. magnolias above the wall magnolias above the wall Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ full out on…

3rd February 1897 – 2020

…be used to control squirrels in grain barns or attics or so I believe. Kania 2000 traps 2018 – CHW Plenty of early new growth on Fuchsia gracilis confirming a…

14th January 1897- 2020

…details exact heights and girths please go to their website. 2016 – CHW The unusual New Zealand Fuchsia exorticatica is more or less full out with its odd and rather…

1st January 1897 – 2020

Fuchsia gracilis. Fuchsia gracilis The snowdrops are now starting to flower and show all around the Four in Hand. snowdrops First flowers on Camellia ‘Debbie’ below the fernery. Camellia ‘Debbie’…

The Cornwall Garden Society spring show

…but it contained many new and unusual species (six pictured here). Alseuosmia macrophylla – reddish fuchsia-like flowers. Alseuosmia macrophylla Alseuosmia macrophylla Leucopogon fasciculatus – tiny white flowers in profusion. Leucopogon…

3rd January

…race on day by day. snowdrops Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ nearly over. Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ Fuchsia riccartonii still in flower. Fuchsia riccartonii First flower out high up on Camellia x williamsii…

8th December

…‘growth’ resulting from the Rachel Reeves budget in late October. Surprising what is in flower in the nursery in early December. Fuchsia ‘Thalia’ full out by the till. Fuchsia ‘Thalia’…

2nd December

…the annual tree report as one to fell next year. What is left of the other one needs to go now too. beech trees beech trees beech trees Fuchsia procumbens…

14th November

…Liriodendron chinense just starting to turn yellow. L. tulipifera is a fortnight ahead of this as we saw very recently. Liriodendron chinense Last flowers on Fuchsia hatschbachii. Fuchsia hatschbachii 2023…

5th November

…Lapageria rosea Fuchsia and the ancient Camellia sasanqua (white form) out together again! Fuchsia and the ancient Camellia sasanqua Forsythia turning yellow then red by the gents loos. Forsythia Sorbus…

16th October

…white Camellia sasanqua Fuchsia and white Camellia sasanqua both in flower side by side! Fuchsia and white Camellia sasanqua The first Camellia sasanqua which suddenly flowered 10 days ago is…

25th April

…(12-15ft) Echium pininana have burst into flower and the bees are very active. Echium pininana Echium pininana Echium pininana First fuchsia flowers. fuchsia First flower too on a Paeonia delavayi…

29th September

…fruits which Brock, the Labrador, decided that he liked and they are no more! Malus trilobata Malus trilobata An unnamed climbing Fuchsia from a Tom Hudson collection is climbing up…

10th June

…Carrie Johnson as host. They went to St Michaels Mount.Fuchsia exorticata still full out on the top wall. Fuchsia exorticata From Crûg an Ilex perado subsp. azorica (BSWJ 12526). In…

17th September

…sp. nova (BWJ 15185) with early autumn tints. Parastyrax sp. nova Fuchsia speciosa in full flower. Fuchsia speciosa Escallonia resinosa which used to be in the Burncoose catalogue years ago….

5th May

…flower on Acer henryi. Acer henryi Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ and Rhododendron ‘May Day’. Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ This fuchsia had flowers left on it in late December and here it is in flower…

29th May

…Deutzia multiradiata Deutzia multiradiata Fuchsia boliviana Fuchsia boliviana Above the Tregrehan stand I found flowers on a mature tree of Meliosma pungens. Meliosma pungens Meliosma pungens Elsewhere I spotted: Diosporopsis…

1st June

…Rhodelia aff henryi Illicium aff griffithii Illicium aff griffithii Fuchsia Spray Award Burncoose had a good day at yesterday’s rare plant sale too shifting 80 of the 120 plants (50…

2nd June

…Clianthus puniceus Clianthus puniceus A cruise ship waiting off Falmouth docks from a vantage point in the garden. A cruise ship Fuchsia boliviana growing happily outside. We should try too….