…the year is beginning to be out. Again it is the old original and rather poor near white Magnolia campbellii near Tin Garden. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii 2016 – CHW…

…Magnolia campbellii ‘Betty Jessel’ Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ is semi deciduous but looking a good colour today. Not too bad for a former wife! Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’…

…looking wonderful. Diospyros kaki Diospyros lotus. Two different batches, of different sizes, with somewhat different autumn colours. Diospyros lotus Diospyros lotus Franklinia alatamaha just out in flower. Franklinia alatamaha All…

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’ well out above Crinodendron Hedge. Asia had been looking for this location as it got missed…

…– an odd autumnal ‘white’ on some leaves. Firmania simplex Firmania simplex Celastus orbiculatus – as bold and striking a yellow as any climber in autumn. Celastus orbiculatus 2015 –…

…Red’ The white Camellia sasanqua No. 2 now at its absolute best. Camellia sasanqua No. 2 Camellia sasanqua No. 2 2023 – CHW Hedychium coccineum flowers very late here. This…

…house. Sadly Kerry Burns died recently Narcissii already emerging. The prostrate growing Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall White’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall White’ I have looked every day but only now does the…

…after the arrival of greys here in the 1960’s. Pittosporum daphniphyllum Our plant of the decade is taking off – Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’. Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ Aesculus parviflora…

…here. Lush new growth in November is dangerous. The same thing happened at Burncoose where a well-established plant succumbed to cold winds. Hydrangea lobbii Baby lambs in White Styles filed….

…Plantation Isla Rose Plantation Two more good young plants of Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ above the Isla Rose. Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ A clump of dead white Rhododendron arboreum due to come…

…large stake. Embothrium Sarcococca balansae (BSWJ 7285) just about to flower. Sarcococca balansae (BSWJ 7285) Sarcococca zeylanica (BSWJ 10199) just showing and making good growth. Sarcococca zeylanica (BSWJ 10199) Sarcococca…

…of the storm damaged Duck House roof. Duck House roof 2023 – CHW Wreath making workshops at Burncoose and rather varying end results. Wreath making workshops at Burncoose Wreath making…

…wind. Branches block the entrance below White Styles. Branches block the entrance A huge Sycamore tree narrowly misses the Trevanion holy. A huge Sycamore tree An ilex oak branch by…

…leaf on Aesculus wangii. Aesculus wangii Premature flowers on one of Dad’s Azalea hybrids. Premature flowers on one of Dad’s Azalea hybrids Polyspora longicarpa looking very fine. Polyspora longicarpa Camellia…

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’ 2023 – CHW Warm, muggy and drizzly in the run up to Christmas. No prospect of a white one! Still a few buds to open…

…G found Lent Lilies breaking up. Berberis [?]. Habrothamnus out. C picked a big bunch of Scilly White.1897 – JCW Many daffs through ‘37’ of the new ones. Crocus imperati…

…to look at how a few rare evergreens have fared in the cold and gales. Clethra mexicana still looking good (surprisingly). Clethra mexicana Turpinia formosana from the Taiwan Forestry Institute…

…Belle’ The pure white form of Camellia reticulata. Camellia reticulata A nice young plant of Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’. A different colour to the Tregullow bred one in the Auklandii…

…Despite the frost Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ flowers on against a blue sky. Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’ untouched by frost. Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’ Next to…

…White’ Another mature plant of Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ looking at its very best. Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’…