16th December

…Echium Dead Echium Cotoneaster horizontalis has a fine show of autumn colour now the berries have gone. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Echinops battanicus still has a surviving pale blue flower…

28th November

…a blue sky. monkey puzzle Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ catching the sun by the cash point. Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Leaf drop nearly complete on Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’. A bit earlier than last year…

6th September

…paniculata are plentiful again this year and just beginning to turn blue. Symplocos paniculata 2018 – CHW Jaimie and the team have completed the new widened walkway down from the…

30th June

…the flowers on Decaisnea fargesii. By autumn these will turn a pinkish-blue. Decaisnea fargesii I had this billed as Cornus florida ‘Red Giant’. It has been out for a while…

29th August

…was a delicate pink. Now it has turned to a shade of light blue with some outer florets turning green while others exhibit red/purple blotches on the fading whitish flowers….

5th April

…‘Innocence’ just coming out above Bond Street. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’ The first full out bluebell I have seen with true blue colours. Bluebells In the old Hardy & Bert’s nursery…

27th April

…A former gift from Chip Luma of Rhododendron ‘Floral Sun’ (Abby Jury 2011). Rhododendron ‘Floral Sun’ Rhododendron ‘Floral Sun’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ against a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Rhododendron platypodum is…

24th April

…Renge’ out in flower already. A month early at least. Magnolia sieboldii ‘Mishico Renge’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Mishico Renge’ Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ looking fantastic against the blue sky. 40-50ft tall now…

22nd April

…‘Pink Crispy’ is not to everyone’s taste (this in St Austell Garden Centre). Photinia serrata ‘Pink Crispy’ Rehderodendron kwangtungense full out against a blue sky. Rehderodendron kwangtungense A new and…

18th April

…Spanish. bluebells bluebells A good clump of now wild (but once cultivated) pinkish bluebells. pinkish bluebells pinkish bluebells Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ just emerging into flower in the border opposite the front…

11th April

…result of late grass cutting. bluebells bluebells 2016 – CHW Jolly trip around the garden with Sir Richard Needham and party on a fine day. Sir Richard in good form…

9th April

…A fine Easter weekend. I saw the first bluebell in flower at Burncoose 3 days ago but it was raining and my camera does not like the rain!This is a…

8th April

…Ghost’ 2019 – CHW Several nice new things to admire in the greenhouses. Abies forrestii var. georgei with its blue flower cones opening creamy white. Stout densely hairy shoots say…

1st April

…but probably worth Asia propagating. Camellia reticulata ‘Red Crystal’ Camellia reticulata ‘Red Crystal’ The first native bluebell I have seen (half) out. bluebell A few dullish new and rare conifers…

11th May

…A recently planted Magnolia tamaulipana with similar roe deer damage nearby. It should have had a wire netting surround. Magnolia tamaulipana Bluebells amazing at Burncoose as ever on a Friends…

16th March

…the Stable Flat opposite the tree. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ The first Spanish bluebell seen in flower this year. Spanish bluebell Magnolia dawsoniana now just showing colour outside…

11th March

…no blue sky today to see it properly. Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ This is the second flowering of Jaimie’s latest magnolia hybrid. A cross between Magnolia campbellii and Magnolia ‘F J…

4th March

…oreodoxa var fargesii Rhododendron oreodoxa var fargesii 2022 – CHW Another one of those truly great magnolia days with sun, at last no wind, and a blue sky. Jaimie discovers…

24th February

…to the Beast, a fortnight later than last year.The New Zealand form of Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ is a great colour against a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Jaimie’s Rhododendron ‘Maisie’ has sprung…

17th February

…Deutzia to give summer colour. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ is the centrepiece with Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’, Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’, Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ and Magnolia ‘Mighty Mouse’ included as well. A new…