…below. S. latifolius leaves, when placed in water “after a short time, will start to start and jump as though they were alive, while at the instant of each start…

…These two clumps are from the best bark birches at Werrington. Quick growing and they should not mind the cold. birches birches Starting to fill up! Starting to fill up!…

…has flower buds for the first time here. (Nick Lock gift). Acacia pataczekii 2022 – CHW Near frost overnight and North East wind.A start has been made on trimming the…

…Laburnocytisus ‘Adamii’ has started to flower again after only 3 years. No sign of the Cytisus flowers as yet. Laburnocytisus ‘Adamii’ 2023 – CHW Styrax japonica ‘Jippei-Kawamure’ already full out….

…quassioides     Aesculus assamica – with flowers just starting   Aesculus assamica Aesculus assamica Carpinus cordata Carpinus cordata Carpinus cordata Carpinus turczaninowii – with male and female flowers together…

…unknown – yellow and perhaps the last of all to flower. Azalea unknown Cornus kousa ‘Summer Stars’ (perhaps as planting plan obscure but it looks starlike!). Attractive the way the…

…Hydrangea ‘Yulika’ Hydrangea ‘Yulika’ Hydrangea ‘Yulika’ Plant of the Year; and deservedly so was Prunus ‘Starlight’. Prunus ‘Starlight’ Prunus ‘Starlight’ Other entries are featured here. Mahonia eurybracteata subsp. ganpinensis ‘Meteor’…

…Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ properly out by the tower. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ nearly over. Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’ and Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’…

…Melaleuca diosmifolia Crassula coccinea. Crassula coccinea Erica cerinthoides – the heath from South African which Burncoose has sold on occasion. Erica cerinthoides Echium gentianoides was a startling blue. Echium gentianoides…

…Salix magnifica Rhododendron ovatum full out. Rhododendron ovatum 2022 – CHW As the Chelsea team start to pick out the plants for the Burncoose Nurseries stand in the Great Pavilion…