5th March

blue sky. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii Camellia ‘Mimosa Jury’ just opening. A fairly recent introduction here and good! Camellia ‘Mimosa Jury’ Camellia ‘Mimosa Jury’ Jaimie’s new hybrid is a hugely…

15th May

…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…

9th March

…new laundry building motors ahead. laundry building laundry building laundry building laundry building These blue barrels will be used as supplementary pheasant feeders for all the birds which survived the…

19th April

…– blue form. A very early small flower on this tree lupin in the greenhouse. Usually these are pure yellow! Lupinus arboreus – blue form Clematis forsteri flowering as a…

13th March

…plant I wonder? Maybe it will still be flowering this weekend? There shouldnt be any difficulty with M. maudiae as it is very distinctive blue/green foliage and glabrous in all…

17th March

…first (Spanish) bluebells are just out a bit later than for the last two years I think. bluebells 2019 – CHW For those who want to click here for the…

15th April

…its is developing really well. Lithocarpus Lithocarpus Flower on Roy Lancaster’s Ilex spinigera. A younger plant than our original. Ilex spinigera Distylium myricoides ‘Blue Cascade’ making good growth despite the…

4th May

…‘Veryan Bay’ Afrocarpus falcatus with a crop of blue-green new growth (Podocarpus falcatus). Afrocarpus falcatus Afrocarpus falcatus Magnolia x wieseneri with a couple of flowers out. Magnolia x wieseneri Magnolia…

24th March

…Illicium philippinense Illicium philippinense The first time that our Rhaphithamnus spinosus has produced its pale blue flowers. Rhaphithamnus spinosus Sally Hayward forwards the conclusion of the research into Camellia x…

6th June

…just into leaf. Paeonia daurica Nothing quite matches Meconopsis baileyi (syn. betonicifolia) as a blue flower in the early morning sunlight in the cashpoint. Meconopsis baileyi Meconopsis baileyi Lupinus ‘Manhattan…