…the show will have to come from Burncoose. Embothrium lanceolatum Embothrium lanceolatum Embothrium lanceolatum pecked by blue tits Rhododendrons need to be in tight bud like Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ to…

…This is the second new species of illicium to flower here this year. Illicium lanceolatum Illicium lanceolatum Illicium lanceolatum 2016 – CHW No entry. 2015 – CHW No entry. 1953…

…trichosperma A good batch of recently potted Lomatia ferruginea. Lomatia ferruginea Embothrium lanceolatum seedlings have germinated well and are now being pricked out and potted in small pots. Embothrium lanceolatum…

…lanceolatum. Early, I think. Embothrium lanceolatum A sinogrande seedling with pink stripes in its flowers as it opens. This quickly fades. We saw another like this in the Rookery a…

…and just going over AZALEA Black Hawk’ AZALEA Black Hawk’– too far out to cut EMBOTHRIUM lanceolatum ‘Norquino’ Similarly the Embothrium lanceolatum ‘Norquinco’ is too far out to cut although…

…lanceolatum against a blue sky. Embothrium lanceolatum Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’ coming to its best. Rhododendron loderi ‘Venus’ next door to it nowhere near out. Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’ Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’…

…the full flush, as here, is probably the last of the Eucryphia species to flower with us. Eucryphia moorii Eucryphia moorii This young Embothrium lanceolatum was planted directly on a…

…own magnolia hybrids live on and will impress for many decades to come. Magnolia ‘Albatross’ Good colour on an Embothrium lanceolatum which seems to want to defoliate entirely this winter….

…doubt they will. Magnolia rostrata Magnolia rostrata ‘They’ always say you should plant Embothrium lanceolatum in the worst possible poor and stony ground. Here, one year on from planting, on…

…bud. Platycrater arguta Platycrater arguta Podocarpus wangii with its exceptional orange new growth. Podocarpus wangii Podocarpus wangii Illicium lanceolatum with orange-red flowers. First time I have seen this species. Illicium…