6th April 1897 – 2020
…wonder at a magnolia or a bunch of rhododendrons! So many visitors never look up! Perhaps we should sell Easter tickets just for primroses just as the snowdrop gardens do…
…wonder at a magnolia or a bunch of rhododendrons! So many visitors never look up! Perhaps we should sell Easter tickets just for primroses just as the snowdrop gardens do…
Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW The Styrax season is just starting even though most of our plants…
…of all the deciduous species. Rhododendron reticulatum Rhododendron reticulatum Rhododendron kiusianum just coming out. Rhododendron kiusianum Rhododendron kiusianum I called this Azalea ‘Tebotan’ the other day. It is actually Rhododendron…
…just coming out by the Podocarpus salignus. Rhododendron decorum Likewise the original Rhododendron griersonianum above Roger’s Quarry. Rhododendron griersonianum Just one white flower on Syringa reticulata so far. Syringa reticulata…
…decorum with just a few very late flowers. Rhododendron decorum Rhododendron decorum Aesculus x glaucescens (now renamed x neglecta), just above the Q. lamellosa, has quite a few conkers on…
…Rhododendron maddenia subsection [?] just starting (CW & J 6342). Rhododendron maddenia Rhododendron maddenia Rhododendron ‘Damaris’ just coming out on the Main Ride. One of the best yellows 40 years…
…for weeks but here the very last few flowers. ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ ‘Gay Baby’ is just a larger flowered version of ‘Fairy Wand’ as I see it? Stupid name!…
…of our own chief medical officers and the World Health lot, the apparent unpreparedness of our hospitals and the general medical panic just have a read of this interesting article…
…the Magnolia campbellii which has been out for a month. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ just coming out. Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ The original Magnolia…
…Rhododendron ‘Endsleigh Pink’ at its best. Rhododendron ‘Endsleigh Pink’ Rhododendron pachysanthum just out. Rhododendron pachysanthum Magnolia ‘Crescendo’ – first flowering and very good. Magnolia ‘Crescendo’ Prunus ‘Umineko’ just out. Prunus…
…magic money tree for himself and will no doubt move to a more ‘suitable’ tax location to do so. He might just have to come back for the public inquiry…
…Picea smithiana Picea smithiana Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ just out in flower. Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ A large Azalea ‘Fedora’ just coming out on the drive. Semi-evergreen. Azalea ‘Fedora’ Unripe elm seeds…
…Vaccinium ovatum just coming into flower by the greenhouse. Acer nipponicum just leafing up. Magnolia fulva var. callicola with new growth coming. A gift from Raf in January 2023. Magnolia…
…‘Yuchelia’ Magnolia ‘Yuchelia’ Another (third) good plant of Acer sikkimense (WWJ 11613). Acer sikkimense Hydrangea aspera kawakamii x involucrata only just alive after the cold east winds (just like Hydrangea…
…just out. Dianella caerulea ‘Cassa Blue’ A good crop of New Zealand acers have just arrived from their winter and been potted up. New Zealand acers A fine crop of…
…see that they had just as much time to sort their own kit as the government? Are governments really supposed to sort out everything ‘just like that’ when we do…
…made on phone masts in some areas and assumed that this was just some conspiracy nutters worried about ‘big brother’ and their movements being traced via their phones. The BBC,…
…of a lifetime Oxford friend who has just died of the corona. Others are ill and here am I being facetious about the BBC and footballers! Strange and troubling times….
…are much longer when covering larger plant groups like acers, magnolias or camellias.The point is to make the Burncoose website a genuine destination not just for people who want to…
…japonicus ‘Paul Farges’ Rhododendron yuefengense in bud. The other two plants in this trio have paler flowers and are nearly over. Rhododendron yuefengense Cornus capitata just coming into flower quite…