…the top lodge. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ First flowering I have seen here of Buddleia forrestii by the shop. A huge amount of growth in…

…Cyclocurya paliuris (SICH 1784) Cyclocurya paliuris Ehreitia macrophylla Ehreitia macrophylla Ehreitia macrophylla Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Acer tegmentosum ‘Valley Phantom’ Acer tegmentosum ‘Valley Phantom’ Acer tegmentosum…

…exceptional white bark to follow presumably. Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ Eurya japonica just out – tiny flowers. Eurya japonica Camellia ‘Extravaganza’ with different coloured flowers (as usual) on…

…never seen it flowering this well in the nursery Phantom Phantom Our taller growing Monarda varieties always look scruffy in the nursery even as they come into flower. Should we…

…down above the drive. Huge flowerheads which turn coral pink in autumn. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ – top end of clearing to top lodge. Smaller…

…Escallonia resinosa Escallonia resinosa 2020 – CHW Silvery indumentum on the newer growth and a fine snake bark stem developing on Acer tegmentosum ‘Valley Phantom’. Acer tegmentosum ‘Valley Phantom’ Acer…

…Finally dry enough to place out the large rhododendrons Magnolia (Michelia) doltsopa ‘White Phantom’ was named and registered last year. Magnolia (Michelia) doltsopa ‘White Phantom’ Another Magnolia mollicomata ‘Burncoose Tennis…

…Camellia japonica ‘Black Magic’ Camellia japonica ‘Black Magic’ New leaf and flower on Acer ‘Valley Phantom’. Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ 2024 – CHW I may have seen a swallow in Caerhays…

…has grown well in a year and is flowering attractively. A wonderful border shrub with crinum or crocosmia. Heptacodium miconoides Heptacodium miconoides Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Phantom’ is still out above Red…

…the seedling he raised. Then we can try to get it registered. These pictures may help. A large tree already. The chosen name is ‘White Phantom’. Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa…

…show Jim Gardiner and our Magnolia exhibits and the Caerhays Michelia stand.Michael has decided to call his new Michelia hybrid ‘White Phantom’ and an application for registration will go off…

…2021 – CHW I find 30 or so cattle in the garden. TB testing of 250 animals today so chaos in the yard. Do we have a phantom gate opener…

…on around and about (‘Phantom’, ‘White Lady’, ‘Limelight’). It would be a good idea to plant more clumps of the newer paniculata varieties on the drive (‘Skyfall’, ‘Early Sensation’, ‘Little…

…workshops at Burncoose Fruits on Sorbus needhamii planted out in October. Sorbus needhamii Jaimie and Michael inspect their aerial layers on the newly registered Michelia ‘White Phantom’. Nothing showing yet…