17th April

…‘Gold Rush’. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ with its greenish-white semi-double flowers streaked green below the Tower. Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ The rather dull Prunus mahaleb, the St Lucie cherry from central…

2nd February

…Audusson’ Just the odd flower hidden away in Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’. Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’ Another Prunus ‘Kursar’ coming nicely into flower below the tower. Prunus ‘Kursar’ Prunus ‘Kursar’ Six-hundred 3L…

12th February

…out below the Tower On The Lawn. The other similar plants in the garden are still a few days behind. Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ Camellia ‘Admiral…

2nd December

tower on the lawn. It is growing out of the wall hidden within a clump of Jasminum beesianum. Very pretty indeed and odd to find a yellow flower on anything…

14th July

…clearing above the old dog kennels. One more oak to fell Fuchsia magellanica ‘Lady Bacon’ is easily the best of the magellanica varieties sold by Burncoose. Below the tower here…

27th July

…than last year. wisteria wisteria 2019 – CHW Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ below the tower. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Seed heads on Dipteronia sinensis. This is the first year…

27th May

…has grown outside the back yard for 50 plus years. Azalea ‘Babeuff’ Azalea ‘Babeuff’ Three huge plants of the short lived but today most impressive Buddleia salvifolia near the tower….

5th August

…is very difficult from cuttings. Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Further along the wall towards the Tower is Magnolia grandiflora from the USA doing exactly the same job with…

18th November

…the tower. Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ Prunus ‘Beni-Yutaka’ has a much more distinctive red in its autumn colours. Prunus ‘Beni-Yutaka’ A very late flowering Hedychium maximum (BSWJ 8261/a). Hedychium maximum Pterocarya fraxinifolia…

25th August

…weighted across the road by the Tower. Without this uplift it would have eventually collapsed. pruned Prunus mahaleb The largest tree in the new Rookery clearing is now down so…