Acer lobulatum var. barbinerve (BSWJ 8806) with seeds heads ripening.

Hydrangea serrata ‘Crug Cobalt’.

Hypericum wilsonii at its best.

The first time I have ever seen Huodendron tibeticum in full flower. Far better than I had anticipated.

Microtropis petelotii.

Euonymus echinatus.

Illicium lanceolatum with a single flower.

Photinia serratifolia var. ardisiifolia (NMWJ 14513) with new growth.

2024 – CHW
A rather good idea for a squirrel trap on a tree.

A seagull eats a pigeon. It’s actually the odious black backed gull and this took place in Bristol where RJW photographed it.

Decent growth for the first time for 3 years on the big leaf species below Burns Bank..

Decent amounts of fruit on Vaccinium corymbosum which are just starting to change colour.

Camellia japonica ‘Kitty’ is always a reliable flowerer well into July. Pure white flowers in the shade but far more pink in the sun.

Fagus sylvatica ‘Prince George of Crete’ with its huge leaves.

Squirrels eating the flowers on Crinodendron hookerianum.

The largest flowered of our Rhododendron maddenii.

Still more green shoots to prune out on the variegated Turkey oak. I thought I had done the lot 2 months ago.

Another flower on Buddleai speciosissima.

The variation in the leaf forms of young Quercus ilex is incredible. Above the Isla Rose the look like holly leaves today.

Another wedding.

2023 – CHW

Juglans ailantifolia is producing walnuts for the second year but no more than 2 or 3 on each stalk.

The peculiar Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Sasaba’ putting on better new growth now that it has more light.

The young Lithocarpus cleistocarpus above HC Rd has plenty of seed clusters this year. Hopefully they will swell up and ripen if we get rain. A couple of seed clusters only have made it in the last 2 years.

Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ just coming out nearby but struggling in the heat.

A newly planted Camellia edithae getting going well.

We cut this clump of rhododendron back two years ago but it has failed to reshoot at all and needs to be grubbed out.

Lindera angustifolia (FMWJ 13156) is developing attractive bark and the red stemmed newer growth is interesting too. (The flowers less so!)

This 15 year old Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ needs digging out. It never recovered from the 2018 Beast and keeps trying to flower in the autumn which inevitably causes more frost damage.

Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ with plenty of flower high up.

Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ virtually leafless but having its last show – probably.

Rhododendron kyawii (AC 049) in full flower. Sadly Tom Hudson’s grafted layer of this rare species did not take. Now we see what we have been missing!

2022 – CHW

To Thompson’s garden centre where I am spotted taking pictures by the general manager who is Cornish and knew Caerhays/Burncoose well. Good chat. They traded well during lockdown once they were allowed to open but now back to normal.

Nice new plants seen there.

Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’

Potentilla ‘Arc-en-Ciel’ looked an especially good new herbaceous form with big colour changes in the flower colour as the flowers mature.

Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’ flowering well in pots.

Campanula ‘Pritchard’s Variety’

We have a mature plant of Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera’ at Burncoose. This is the attractive golden form.

Hibiscus ‘Blue Chiffon’ – a good double blue.

Then to the nearby Dalverton garden centre established much more recently. Plant area nowhere near as good but a few good new things to photograph.

Leycesteria ‘Little Lanterns’ was new to the Burncoose catalogue this year and I had not seen it in flower before.

Verbascum ‘Lavender Lass’ with a pleasant mixture of flower colours.

Hydrangea ‘French Cancan’ – unusual and attractive

Clematis ‘Kokonoe’ with variable double purple flower.

2021 – CHW
Another photographic visit to the nursery.We have two new herbaceous species of aralia in stock which are proving rather popular although will probably not flower in pots. Aralia cachemirica and Aralia cordata.

Lagerstroemia indica ‘Fuchsia d’Ete’ has yet to flower but nice leaves.

Astrantia ‘Florence’

Deutzia compacta flowering well.

Wisteria sinensis ‘Alba’ flowering in amongst Cupressus macrocarpa ‘Goldcrest’ by the steps to the top office.

Lagerstroemia indica ‘Tuskergee’

Lagerstroemia indica ‘Berlingot Menthe’