13th April

…and Zara. Easter Egg Hunt Easter Egg Hunt Easter Egg Hunt Easter Egg Hunt Easter Egg Hunt Pink bluebells outside the Rockery. Pink bluebells Grandchildren feeding the cattle with increasing…

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…

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…

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…

4th December

…Cornwall.Views today of the reflections in the lake and the castle in a slight haze as the last mist lifts. Views Views Views Views Views Prince Charles’ blue cedar was…

5th December

…C Williams’ hedge outside the Rockery has sprung out in the strong winds of the last 48 hours. Already blue tit damage can clearly be seen on some of the…

6th June

…of Tibouchina grossa (BSWJ10758) on the Crûg stand with red flowers. Tibouchina grossa The Burncoose selling tables by 8.30am. Burncoose selling tables Burncoose selling tables A gift of a seedling…

9th December

…flowers on the younger cut back new growth with blue tit damage obvious on some. A little browning from frost. Other plants elsewhere in the garden still to show. Camellia…