25th December

…on a fine sunny Christmas Day!Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ out for Christmas as usual – well just the odd twig here and there really! Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ The darker of the two original…

13th February 1897 – 2020

…we have had this before Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia champetre ‘Christmas Daffodil’ – hardly daffodil like! Camellia champetre ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ – a rather blowsier…

8th October

…They are all old Cornish bred varieties from one of the very last small scale daffodil growers and breeders left in the traditional Cornish business of daffodil production which goes…

27th February 1897 – 2020

…Camellia ‘L T Dees’ Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ extraordinary holly-like leaves! Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia…

13th January 1897- 2020

…around the daffodils. Snowdrops A pheasant has half eaten this early daffodil flower. A pheasant has half eaten this early daffodil flower. More snowdrops are out properly. First individual flower…

8th April

…begins at 4pm at the end of the show. The sell off begins at 4pm R&A Scamp’s daffodil exhibit this year. R&A Scamp’s daffodil exhibit R&A Scamp’s daffodil exhibit Burncoose…

10th February

…had considered C. ‘Apple Blossom’ or C. x williamsii ‘Burncoose Apple Blossom’ but the latter is a mounded tight bush.] Camellia ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia ‘Christmas Daffodil’ The snowdrops once from…

23rd December

…a good eight weeks since it first showed colour. Camellia oleifera Camellia oleifera Grass cutting in Kennel Close in Christmas week. Notionally to allow us to see the new daffodil

31st October

…can begin to set out the Malus planting plan based on ultimate size and shape etc. Daffodil planting Daffodil planting Azalea luteum and Cotoneaster franchetii in the sun below the…

2nd April

…Scamp daffodil display as good as usual. The Scamp daffodil display The Burncoose Nurseries stand. Burncoose Nurseries stand The Great Gardens of Cornwall stand. Great Gardens of Cornwall stand 2022…

28th July

…month or more ago. Worth propagating just for this purpose? Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Here is the long promised and frequently cut down Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ named after the daffodil gardener…

23rd September

…other Cornish daffodil varieties. In his lifetime he produced thousands of new varieties and at least 50 remain available today in commercial daffodil production by large and small specialist growers….

6th January

…after repotting. Sorbus zahlbruckneri Sorbus zahlbruckneri 2022 – CHW Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ is a little late again this year. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ The first daffodil this year….

27th December

Christmas Just before Christmas Just before Christmas Just before Christmas We may have had only one nights frost so far but this is the end of this big leaf seedling…

19th April

…Rev Engelhard’s daffodil breeding and double primroses. The daffodil lecture owed more to enthusiasm than detail. No mention of JCW and Engelhard’s work together. The occurrence in the wild of…

27th January

…coming out. Camellia ‘California Sunset’ Camellia ‘California Sunset’ Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ half frosted. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ A carpet of frosted flowers below Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ but plenty fairly…

12th March 1897 – 2020

…scabrifolium Rhododendron grande with a bit of Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ alongside by the greenhouses. Rhododendron grande Camellia ‘Christmas Daffodil’ actually out in March and battered by the hail and rain….

9th January 1897- 2020

…First poorly shaped flowers on Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ by the Four in Hand. Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ First actual flower buds on a wild daffodil. Sadly nibbled. wild daffodil 2018 –…

24th December

…grandchildren rather excited about Christmas. Three grandchildren 2023 – CHW Mild and wet.First flowers out on Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Jewel’. Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Jewel’ Even more Christmas week flowers than…

26th December

…Secondary flowers. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Azalea ‘Greenway’ A few rather insipid flowers emerging on Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’. It was late last year too but is normally on time. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’…