16th October

…Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ 2017 – CHW The second ancient Camellia sasanqua (pink) is suddenly out too. Camellia sasanqua (pink) Camellia sasanqua (pink) Camellia sasanqua (pink) Also the…

7th February 1897 – 2020

…unnamed seedling magnolia Magnolia ‘Pristine’ has three buds with colour beside it. Magnolia ‘Pristine’ Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ has the first few flowers out at Donkey Shoe. Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ Magnolia…

13th March 1897 – 2020

…and new growth buds. Salix fargesii Salix fargesii Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ has very variable flowers as they open fully. Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ about to…

25th May

…a new variety and not in the Burncoose catalogue. Quite nice and floriferous. Azalea ‘Cinzia’ Rhododendron ‘Graziella’ nicely into flower in late May by George’s Hut. Rhododendron ‘Graziella’ Magnolia ‘Touch…

28th August

…Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ We pollenated this ancient Magnolia dawsoniana years ago but it has not really recovered that well. Magnolia dawsoniana A few pure white flowers on Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’….

9th June

…from the Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ which half blew over and was trimmed. Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ Deer damage on Acer sikkimense (WJC 13674) but it still looks fine. A much older…

31st December

…‘Rex’ The champion Cornish tree of Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’, which toppled over about a year ago, has had a hard pruning. Some roots are clearly still in the ground as…

2nd September

…flower. Hydrangea aspera Vigorous reshooting from the fallen and pollarded Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’. Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ Seedpods forming on Lomatia ferruginea in profusion. Lomatia ferruginea Very few seed heads have…

20th April

…just out above the top wall. Nice pink tinge to the buds before they open and briefly on the tips of the flowers. Rhododendron hanceanum We saw Magnolia grandiflora ‘Symes…

7th May

…‘Bolonii’ Magnolia ‘Maxine Merril’ is modest by comparison to other yellows. Magnolia ‘Maxine Merril’ Rhododendron kiusianum with the nice darker stripe in its clustered flowers. One to remember to propagate….

19th February 1897 – 2020

…good, 2 dead with silverleaf. The heaths are nice, E darleyense has been very good since December. Camellia speciosa shows promise of being very nice, one bloom each on Magnolia…

13th April

…cleared the whole clump of laurel Grevillea lonigera ‘Mount Tamboritha’ nicely out. Grevillea lonigera ‘Mount Tamboritha’ Cardiocrinum giganteum shooting away nicely after the cold. Cardiocrinum giganteum A few cardiocrinum plants…

17th May

…the future working out which is which. Nice bark already on this one. Celtis sinensis Celtis sinensis The white flowered sport of Azalea ‘Greenway’ making a nice clump in Tin…

19th April

…A few new camellias planted above the Red Linney two years ago. Nearly over of course but some nice things. Camellia x williamsii ‘William Carlyon’. Camellia x williamsii ‘William Carlyon’…

2nd November

…little flower. Lapagerias are nice. R decorum continues to hold on. Heavy autumn gales have started. 1908 – JCW The roses in the three beds are very nice indeed. Solanum…

5th March 1897 – 2020

…plant. new rhododendron planting new rhododendron planting new rhododendron planting A nice Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ looking nice nearby. Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…or Mag halleana. Argenteum and Arboreum nice, most of the Arboreums are over. Some Ciliatums over, some very nice, some double C reticulata. 1907 – JCW We are now close…

22nd February 1897 – 2020

…aff Camellia x williamsii ‘Hiraethylin’ is an odd colour mix and quite nice. Camellia x williamsii ‘Hiraethylin’ Asia has grown a nice plant of the pure white form of Rhododendron…

9th January 1897- 2020

…Arboreum are starting. The Engine House Camellia 1 flower out. 1915 – JCW Coum is fair, some nice blood red Arboreums on the Beech Walk side, R mucronulatum is nice,…

23rd November

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ out in flower very early indeed this year. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Nice, but not spectacular, autumn colour on Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’. Enkianthus campanulatus…