…time here. (Nick Lock gift). Acacia pataczekii 2022 – CHW Near frost overnight and North East wind.A start has been made on trimming the lower side of the laurel hedge…

…species and not an American Halesia? Halesia macgregorii Good bronze leaves emerging on Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’. This is our second attempt at the start of the Sinogrande Walk. The…

…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…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW (images to follow) Yet another round of fresh flowers on Magnolia ‘Star Wars’…

…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…

…be more casualties in the ‘war’ but, unless we start to ‘get on with it’, there will not be anything which we would have previously recognised to get on with!…