12th May

…in 1900 but I know of no existing mature plants in the UK. Meliosma oldhamii Meliosma oldhamii Heard the first cuckoo calling at 10am from Old Park or Brownberry Woods….

13th August

…nearly over. Campanula rotundifolia Centauria scabiosa, Greater Knapweed, which seems brown in bud unlike ours at Caerhays which has black surrounds to the bud. Perhaps this is Scabiosa jacea, Brown

5th August

…seed pods on any of our three plants of Staphylea holocarpa this year. Need to check the Burncoose plant. The seed pods are pink rather than brown or yellow-brown when…

10th October

brown bark. A large number of pale brown mushrooms growing up in the Castle Wood on soil and pine debris may prove to be an interesting species of Agrocybe. I…

21st November

…scions for grafting appear to have been taken! Note the rusty brown indumentum on the new growth shoots for next year. Rhododendron decorum Magnolia (Manglietia) sapiensis Magnolia (Manglietia) sapiensis The…

27th July

…grows over a trellis. It is absolutely enormous. This Ficus ‘Brown Turkey’ This Ficus ‘Brown Turkey’ Clerodendron bungei suckering up here and there as a shrub. Clerodendron bungei Clerodendron bungei…

31st July

…ripe fig on a rather small Ficus ‘Brown Turkey’. Ficus ‘Brown Turkey’ Scabiosa are trouble when we send them out in the autumn as they rot off and die. Scabiosa…

8th November

…racemes of seeds on Pterocarya fraxinifolia are now brown and ripe. The leaves on the top of the tree have fallen but still nice brilliant yellow colours lower down. Pterocarya…

29th May

…you think. Here is the latest video link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S8Js-tEmlg&feature=youtu.beI was sitting outside the front door when out of the corner of my eye I saw a brown flash go under Lizzie’s…

1st February

…‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’ Mahonia japonica nearly over in full shade by the greenhouse frames. Mahonia japonica The snowdrops moved from The Vean are half full…