17th September

…ordered) as a naturalising mix to be planted on the public route to Old Park below White Styles. Jaimie may need to sort the mini digger (from Burncoose Nurseries) to…

12th September

…Amy Whitehouse (look alike) pop concert. The castle The David Austin rose garden has been completely replanted. The David Austin rose garden The David Austin rose garden The new roses…

13th October

…on the Burncoose website needing more pictures. Vaccinium dunalianum var. magaphyllum was originally a gift from Rod White. Now a thriving large shrub and covered in unripe berries. Vaccinium dunalianum…

22nd August

…Ailanthus altissima Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ was virtually killed in The Beast. It is however shooting from the trunk with the new growth almost completely white with few green centres…

6th August

…see its well underway. Castle Wood grass cutting finished 2023 – CHW Hydrangea video day at Burncoose. Melicytus crassifolius covered in white berries already in a nursery tunnel. Melicytus crassifolius…

4th August

…tree with many seed pods. Acacia pravissima Acacia pravissima Acacia pravissima Eucalyptus amygdalina – with white flowers scented clearly of mint. A huge mature tree. Eucalyptus amygdalina Eucalyptus amygdalina Eucalyptus…

17th July

…Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ A much older clump of Hydrangea ‘Libelle’ are doing well having again been cut right back a year or two ago. Still the best white

16th July

…yellowish than white) and colour though? Nevertheless it is a bushy shrub with many shoots so probably it is Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’. M. tripetala is a single stemmed tree and…

17th August

…Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama Deep Blue’ Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama Deep Blue’ Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama White’ Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama White’ 2020 – CHW Jaimie spots Sorbus chamaemespilus with its first fruits in…

12th July

…little outdoor socialising. Sedum album or white stonecrop growing profusely around the house and onto the gravelled car parking areas. Is this exactly the same as what I photographed at…

22nd December

…Erica hybrida and codenodes. White australis, Hamamelis mollis very good. Rhodo mucronulatum nice. 4 kinds of Caucasicum. 1901 – JCW A very few roses left. Coums coming on fast. A…

6th January

…Bit’ Camellia ‘Little Bit’ Camellia ‘Rusticana’ Camellia ‘Rusticana’ Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Golden King’ Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Golden King’ Viburnum tinus in bud and flower. Pink buds and white flowers. Viburnum…

3rd January

Next Day > < Previous Day View 3rd January 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW A hard white frost but it…

24th December

…spell and easterly gales. 1941 – CW Camellias out – oleifera, double white (Engine House), and a few speciosa hybrids. Cam sasanqua nearly over. Rho mucronulatum very good. Also a…

23rd December

…the frost. Erica darleyense quite nice. Some lapagerias left and odd roses. Plenty of Camellias out, a big vase cut both speciosa hybrids and early double white from below Engine…

8th December

…Hesperantha coccinea ‘Pink Princess’ is nearly white in reality. Hesperantha coccinea ‘Pink Princess’ Correa ‘Marian’s Marvel’ full out on top of a wall by the old packing shed. Correa ‘Marian’s…

21st December

…still to come out. Passiflora caerulea ‘Constance Elliot’ Symphiocarpus albus with a fine show of white berries on the lawn. Symphiocarpus albus Symphiocarpus albus 2016 – CHW The young Rhododendron…

12th December

…1932 – JCW Erica hybrida is opening, some Magnolia delavayi bud show white and Eucryphia pinnatifolia has been put out for autumn colour only. 1923 – JCW Cotoneaster salicifolia is…

6th December

…blooms of Camellia on separate plants, very heavy , moors have taken a lot of water. 1932 – JCW No Camellia japonica open but the double white. Cold S.E wind…

25th November

…best coloured of any of the 24 Matsumae cherries below White Styles. Prunus ‘Beni-yutaka’ Prunus ‘Beni-yutaka’ 2023 – CHW Another visit to the young Camellia sasanqua planting at the entrance…