27th March

…year. Loropetalum ‘Carolina Moonlight’ Loropetalum ‘Carolina Moonlight’ New this year is Loropetalum ‘Ruby Snow’ with a sensational leaf/flower contrast. Loropetalum ‘Ruby Snow’ Loropetalum ‘Ruby Snow’ Telopea x speciosa ‘Braidwood Brilliant’…

4th February

…battered. Acer laevigata Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’ I think. I had guessed ‘Kitty’ but was wrong. Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’ Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’ Camellia ‘Moonlight Bay’ A couple more undersized and blown…

27th April

…species I think. Halesia carolina Halesia carolina Halesia carolina Halesia carolina Halesia carolina Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ fronts Rhododendron ‘Damaris’. Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ fronts Rhododendron ‘Damaris’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Evamaria’ has indeed changed…

29th March

…Loropetalum carolina ‘Moonlight’ – very pretty and a welcome addition to our four other pink and purple flowered Loropetalum varieties. Loropetalum carolina ‘Moonlight’ Teucrium fruiticosum ‘Azureum’ – a good blue…

18th July

‘Moonlight Star’ Agapanthus ‘Moonlight Star’ Agapanthus ‘Little Dutch White’ Agapanthus ‘Little Dutch White’ Agapanthus ‘Little Dutch White’ Agapanthus ‘Little Dutch White’ An interesting new low growing Sedum spurium “Dragon’s Blood”….

12th May

…HALESIA carolina HALESIA carolina HALESIA carolina REHDERODENDRON macrocarpum REHDERODENDRON macrocarpum Rehderodendron macrocarpum – a Trewithen plant originally and our only old plant is nearing the end. Burncoose has however two…

22nd June

…Tilia carolina subsp. heterophylla Tilia carolina subsp. heterophylla Styrax faberi just coming out. Styrax faberi Ilex kingiana with berries already setting. Ilex kingiana Ilex kingiana Jaimie and Michael just back…

RHS Savill Garden Pictures 2018

…var sprengeri ‘Eric Savill’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Philippa Forwood’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Philippa Forwood’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Philippa Forwood’ Amazing bark on Halesia carolina Halesia carolina Halesia carolina Populus purdomii…

31st October

…In fact you can see all three phases of autumn on the same branch. No seed yet on this young tree. Halesia carolina (Snowdrop Tree) Halesia carolina (Snowdrop Tree) Touching…

29th October

…effort. Stewartia pseudocamellia 2017 – CHW Good yellow colouring on Halesia carolina above the Auklandii Garden. Halesia carolina Halesia carolina Also on Cornus ‘Eddies White Wonder’ nearby. Cornus ‘Eddies White…

5th April

…just right for cutting today. Prunus ‘Pink Perfection’ Halesia carolina had come out a lot in 3 days and will now be presentable. Halesia carolina Pseudocydonia sinensis in flower on…

25th April

…foliage. Paeonia tenuifolia Rhodiola rosea now full out. An odd succulent like plant. Rhodiola rosea Rhodiola rosea Halesia carolina out too early for Chelsea in the Show Tunnel. Strangely not…

11th February

…12L Malus florentina 12L Malus Prairie Fire® 12L Malus tor Aros® 7L Malus trilobata 12LLunaplant magnolia Gorgeous C3 60/80 Illini Gold C7,5 120/140 Illini Moonlight C7,5 Bronwyne C7,5 100 Ian’s…

31st March

…Looks wonderful today in the sun. Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ This is labelled Halesia parviflora which is a synonym for (the correct) Halesia carolina. Its…

9th April

…Japan, in the early 1990’s. First flowering here. Magnolia ‘Fukuju’ Magnolia ‘Fukuju’ Magnolia ‘Serenade’ (M. soulangeana ‘Lennei’ x M. ‘Jon Jon’) was bred by August Kerr, N. Carolina, 1996. Quite…

2nd May

…Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki Halesia monticola in full flower. Better flowers I think than Halesia carolina. Halesia monticola The presentation to Lionel de Rothschild. Lionel de Rothschild 2018…

3rd May

…originates from N&S Carolina. Rhododendron vaseyi The white form of Azalea ‘Greenway’ getting away as a clump of 3 in Tin Garden. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Rhododendron ‘Broughtonii’ faded and dropping. Rhododendron…

7th July

…far today but we are getting into the thistle flowering season.Cirsium, Carolina, Onopardon, Centaurea, Carduus, Sonchus and the gloriously named Silybum! Interesting that several of these genus are not unknown…

17th September

…South Carolina so we may get the tail end of this next week – hopefully! hydrangeas on the drive hydrangeas on the drive The pheasants do not seem to like…