4th February

…williamsii ‘Galaxie’ just starting to show by Tin Garden. Camellia x williamsii ‘Galaxie’ Wind and frost have destroyed the first flower heads and all the leaves on Aralia vietnamensis without…

11th September

Aralia elala ‘Aureovariegata’ has blown over. It had suckered everywhere with plain green suckers which we have been cutting out for years. Another variegated thing which my father hated. Aralia

27th August

…the first time in the nursery. These herbaceous aralias are really good value in the garden as I saw in Barnstaple. Aralia cachemeriana The ‘partridge berry’, Mitchella repens, with berries….

23rd August

…a new plant – Dais cotinifolia. Dais cotinifolia Aralia cordata setting seed. Aralia cordata Camellia ‘Apollo’ has a flower nearly out in August! Camellia ‘Apollo’ Euonymus planipes with ripe and…

23rd July

…populifolia Grevillea williamsonii Grevillea williamsonii Araucaria angustifolia which again died here in the cold in February. Araucaria angustifolia Aralia cashmeriana in flower. A new recent addition to the Burncoose catalogue…

29th June

…different shape to ‘Emerald Pagoda’ perhaps but not much different. Styrax japonicus Styrax japonicus Aralia foliosa (Roundabarrow) is not at all like the herbaceous species seen a couple of days…

9th February

…lost elsewhere. Lindera praecox Lindera praecox 2023 – CHW Videos today to promote the garden opening with Karol.https://youtu.be/iIFzc2z6r90 The enormous single stem of Aralia foliolosa in the sunlight. Aralia foliolosa…

26th May

…leaf formation but not the nasty prickles on the stem which are like an Aralia or Zanthoxylum. Brassaiopis dumicola Brassaiopis dumicola Brassaiopis dumicola Brassaiopis dumicola Zelkova abelicea with its unusual…

7th June

…they grow in the wild. We have been making mistakes but we have also been getting some things very right. Aralia vietnamensis was performing better than Bleddyn had ever seen…

10th July

…with a young aralia in the foreground. How many miles? the valley Phlox [?] and Ceanothus ‘Pearle Rose’. PHLOX x paniculata blue paradise AND ceanothus perle rose The commanding view…

3rd September

…yellowish even earlier than usual. Acer palmatum ‘Senkaki’ Acer palmatum ‘Senkaki’ A huge leaf blown off Aralia vietnamensis overnight. Aaralia vietnamensis Flower buds forming on Peumus boldus earlier than usual….