…digger was last here. The one beside the drive died several years ago. A ste Acer kawakamii Cotoneaster silverstrii flowering well below White Styles. One of the first to show…

…this plant in full flower before but there is another at Hardy and Bert’s nursery of a similar age. Delicate white flowers and wrong on the Burncoose website currently where…

…White Wonder’ with its white bracts at about half-size as yet. Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ The first deciduous azaleas emerging into flower beyond the Four in Hand. Early by anyone’s…

…but actually Quercus myrsinifolia? (This is the oak just by the lower gate post at the entrance to White Styles). Quercus phellos Prunus ‘Snow Showers’ has a wonderful weeping habit…

…under the Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’. Not one that Burncoose has ever sold and not close to ‘Whitethroat’ in habit or leaf form. I cannot see a pure white variety with…

…Finally dry enough to place out the large rhododendrons Magnolia (Michelia) doltsopa ‘White Phantom’ was named and registered last year. Magnolia (Michelia) doltsopa ‘White Phantom’ Another Magnolia mollicomata ‘Burncoose Tennis…

…of Dacrydium cupressinum. Again this tender conifer untouched by the Beast – about 15ft tall now. Dacrydium cupressinum Dacrydium cupressinum Colours showing on Michelia ‘Fairy White’. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ The…

…vermin proof. seed house seed house The leaves on Acanthus ‘Whitewater’ show up well. Acanthus ‘Whitewater’ Edgeworthia chrysantha ‘Akebana’ in full flower as you would expect. Edgeworthia chrysantha ‘Akebana’ Moving…

…Ilex spinigera Ilex spinigera Genuinely out of season white flowers on Staphylea holocarpa – white rather than the more common pink form. Something has eaten them a bit. Staphylea holocarpa…

…us ever seeing what the flower looks like. Aralia vietnamensis Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Strybing White’ with more undamaged flowers coming out high up. Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Strybing White’ The odd…

…ririei My father’s almost pure white x williamsii hybrid below the Engine House. almost pure white x williamsii hybrid almost pure white x williamsii hybrid Disaster! Our best grafted Magnolia…

…Cows and calves Pedigree Saler cows and calves in Little Barn Hills. Salers have white ends to their tails. These are very high class cattle. Saler cows and calves Saler…

…grown the South African Veltheimia capensis. Veltheimia capensis Veltheimia capensis Daphne ‘White Queen’ nicely out. Daphne ‘White Queen’ Daphne ‘White Queen’ A fine plant of Camellia ‘Dr Burnside’ in the…

…Aesculus californica Aesculus californica Acer morifolium reshooting vigorously. Acer morifolium Carpinus caroliniana with fruits. Carpinus caroliniana The white Tamarix just out. The white Tamarix Carpinus rankanensis with fruits. Carpinus rankanensis…

…of aggressive nationalism. If you get this far and are interested to learn more, read “White Gold” by Giles Milton. 2019 – CHW Acer campestre ‘Red Shine’ still with red…

…I gave Mike Williams a few replacements from Burncoose a while ago which I think are planted by the White Bridge. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Werrington’ grew here until the…

…sold well again this year; ‘Papillon’ (pure white) and ‘Rosyjane’ (white centre, red outside) were new to me. Both are candidates for new entries in the 2016 Burncoose catalogue if…

…apple The Cottage in late September. The Cottage Secondary flowers (very poor ones) on Rhododendron ponticum. Nearby we saw Rhododendron ‘Cunningham White’ in full (secondary) flower. This is the pure…

…readily keeps it under control. Arundinaria vagans Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ with much smaller panicles of flowers in a drought year and a rather quicker change from white to pink….

…weeks ago. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Just a few shoots still alive after the drought on Ribes ‘White Icicle’. Ribes ‘White Icicle’ Not many of our older beech trees have a…