25th March

…This ones seems smaller growing and the flowers are at least a decent size at a young age. Magnolia ‘Sulphur Cockatoo’ Magnolia ‘Sulphur Cockatoo’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ is M. sprengeri var….

11th August

…A visit to Jenny Knuckey, the widow of my former and original partner at Burncoose. Since David’s recent death she has had major heart surgery herself but was back home…

5th April

…cumberlandense Magnolia ‘Sulphur Cockatoo’ (Gresham Hybrid) not yet doing much. Magnolia ‘Sulphur Cockatoo’ Magnolia ‘Chamaeleon’ not that impressive either. Magnolia ‘Chamaeleon’ Magnolia ‘Rose Marie’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ (Ledvina cross)…

14th June

…as ‘Satomi’. Very nice and we need to remove the camellias around it. Cornus kousa ‘Heart Throb’ Cornus kousa ‘Heart Throb’ Cornus kousa ‘Heart Throb’ This Cornus kousa had no…

29th July

…Hypericum ‘Sunny Boulevard’ Carnon Downs Garden Centre has a much better plant range and nearly all covered and shaded. Poleonemium ‘Sulphur Trumpets’ was a nice new thing. Poleonemium ‘Sulphur Trumpets’…

27th February

…‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Also in 40 Acres Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’ flowering its heart out. Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’ Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’ The Schefflera in 40 Acres which is not…

22nd February

…‘Brombeer’ Magnolia ‘Romance’ – first flowering – German hybrid I think. 2022 planted. Magnolia ‘Romance’ Magnolia ‘Flaming Heart’ – first flowering – German hybrid I think. 2022 planted. Magnolia ‘Flaming…

22nd April

…seen over the years. Tilia henryana Centaurea montana ‘Purple Heart’ out well before expected in this early year. Centaurea montana ‘Purple Heart’ Teucrium lucidrys ‘Lucky Gold’ just coming into proper…

10th March 1897 – 2020

…Alba’ x Magnolia x veitchii) – Gresham hybrid Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ I missed Magnolia ‘Sulphur Cockatoo’ (Gresham hybrid), Magnolia ‘Pickards Firefly’ and Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ which were…

3rd October

…Acer ‘Silver Cardinal’ I think that this is a fine display of Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare) growing on a dead rhododendron stump at Burncoose. A common fungus on dead and…

15th July

…(Manglietia) yuyuanensis. Magnolia (Manglietia) yuyuanensis Magnolia (Manglietia) yuyuanensis I think this is Potentilla recta, Sulphur Cinquefoil or Upright Cinquefoil, which is an introduced perennial with distinctive seeds which has escaped…

2nd July

…photographs and blogs shuffling around plants. Clearly ill last night the vet said his heart had given out and he had to be put down aged only 7. Seven years…

15th August

…x (M. laevifolia x M. maudiae) Buddleja limitanea in flower. Buddleja limitanea Crinum x powellii ‘Album’ flowering its heart out beside the greenhouse. Crinum x powellii ‘Album’ 2022 – CHW…

18th October

…no fruit – leaves are nearly as big as those of Styrax odoratissimus but less heart shaped Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ – Tom Hudson thinks…

21st September

…major heart operation only a month ago in Bristol but has not missed beating at all 9 of our days shooting so far this year. metal fencing at The Vean…

12th September

…deaths were caused by lockdown. The heart attacks and strokes that were not treated. The empty, echoing hospitals and A&E units. The cancer treatments stopped entirely. Which means that at…

4th August

…superb with its triangular or heart shaped leaf structure. Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ A secondary flower or three on Magnolia ‘Apollo’ which, as we know,…

12th April

…Brassaiopsis mitis Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ flowering its heart out in the show tunnel. Sadly too early for Cheslea. ‘Sonoma’ will flower in a pot whereas Davidias will normally take 15-20…

22nd June

…Hut a fine 15 year old replacement clump of Rhododendron auriculatum flowering its heart out.Touching them is a 1991 vintage Stewartia rostrata with its first few huge camellia-like flowers with…

19th June

…which Hillier’s now say is properly Styrax odoratissimus. The leaves are much larger and heart shaped than the Hillier’s description of Styrax odoratissimus which they say has ‘lanceolate’ leaves. So…