…‘Album’ at its absolute best. Four to six feet tall and perfect today. Thalictrum delavayi ‘Album’ Thalictrum delavayi ‘Album’ Thalictrum delavayi ‘Album’ What is this primula like thing flowering in…

…visit to Burncoose for meetings.Our Burncoose stock plant of Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica Tennant’ by the mist houses. Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica Tennant’ Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica…

…species planted here in 2014 in for too much shade have now died or been eaten. Zanthoxylum nepalense var. oxyphyllum Zanthoxylum nepalense var. oxyphyllum Quercas suber blown over yet again….

…‘Pendula’) Despite looking like a Crataegus this is in fact the very rare and dwarfish Fraxinus xanthoxyloides var. dumosa. Fraxinus xanthoxyloides var. dumosa Nothofagus procera (alpina as it is now…

…known as Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Album’ tucked away by the Aucuba omiensis. Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Album’ Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Album’ Flowers still on Magnolia acuminata var. subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’. Magnolia acuminata var. subcordata…

…‘Geoffrey Chadbund’ Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ – again superseded by newer varieties but that is not necessarily a fair reflection on this good variety. Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Taube’ – indisputably…

…hedge bedstraw in full flower – Gallium album growing in profusion at the top of Herreswater. Gallium album Gallium album Deutzia pulchra just going over. Deutzia pulchra Cornus kousa ‘Milky…

…and Lord Falmouth often showed it over the years at autumn Garden Society dinners. Rhododendron nobleanum ‘Album’ Rhododendron nobleanum ‘Album’ New things for us to plant out in the next…

…and flowers. Berberis amurensis var. latifolia Berberis amurensis var. latifolia Azalea oldhamii just out but sparse flowering this year even on youngish plants. Azalea oldhamii Rhododendron neriiflorum making a decent…

…back of a dead Scots Pine. It might be Fuligo septica var. flava – a slime mold. Fuligo septica var. flava Fuligo septica var. flava 2024 – CHW Considerably more…

…before now. Has there ever previously been so many flower spikes? Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum Vaccinium dunalianum var. caudatifolium nearby is flowerless….

…Phlox ‘Milly van Hoboken’ – sweetly scented. Phlox ‘Milly van Hoboken’ Phlox ‘Cool of the Evening’ – not so scented today. Phlox ‘Cool of the Evening’ Dierama pulcherimum var. album…

…Record Tree Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta. Magnolia x sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ and the Record Tree Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta A spectacular show from the Record Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta….

…blew down recently at Donkey Shoe Abies forrestii Abies forrestii Abies forrestii A very fine Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var…

…A tender variety easily set back and partially defoliated in cold east winds. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria populnea nearby is over but one branch on ‘Variegata’ has…

…magnolia tunnel magnolia tunnel Solarium jasminum ‘Album’ still with flower in a tunnel. Solarium jasminum ‘Album’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ just out. Other varieties still to show colour. Hamamelis x…

…cold so far. Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox Eucalyptus simonosii – 2014 planted and now also 30-35ft or so with wonderful bark. Eucalyptus…

…Betula albosinensis Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula…

…var. zollingeri Photinia villosa var. laevis covered in berries but far less ripe. Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia macrophylla (if correctly named?) has joined the dodo!…

…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…