13th November

…Quercus palustric ‘Flaming Suzy’ living up to its name. Quercus palustric ‘Flaming Suzy’ Quercus palustric ‘Flaming Suzy’ Prunus ‘Beni-Yutaka’ turning a good dark red. Prunus ‘Beni-Yutaka’ Prunus ‘Beni-Yutaka’ Cornus controversa…

30th January

…from the original. It is a wonderful dark pink and, as you would expect from a campbellii, a tulip shaped flower. Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn Pink’ Also Magnolia mollicomata ‘Sidbury’ is…

22nd September

dark shady wet places around the fernery. Dicksonia antarctica Dicksonia antarctica Yet more unusual fungi which may or may not be edible? fungi fungi 2018 – CHW A morning gathering…

6th August

…into cultivation. The picture of the fruits in this book match exactly the picture shown here of our plant. The red berries will turn a dark purple-red later. If it…

4th August

…last year and was pushed back up with a digger after its tops were cut off. Nice to see it shooting from the trunk with dark purple new growth. The…

13th June

…as dark in colour as the one at Ventnor above the tropical house. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Euonymus morrisonensis flowering better than…

17th September

…Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ with very dark and very late secondary flowers which have been attacked by slugs and snails. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ The clump of Chusquea gigantia is…

15th September

…elderly Magnolia soulangeana on the Burncoose drive has many, dark purple, secondary flowers. Magnolia soulangeana Last few flowers on Weigela coraeensis at the entrance to Burncoose gardens – these age…

30th July

dark brown leaves like the popular Lobelia ‘Queen Victoria’. Lobelia ‘Fan Salmon’ Lobelia ‘Fan Salmon’ Rudbeckia ‘Tiger Eye Gold’ is a lowish growing good yellow but not quite Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’…

19th January

…out. The flower “buds” are dark red but will open white eventually. Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ 2020 – CHW Camellia campetre ‘Fairy Blush’ almost full out….