14th April

…Pseudopanax ‘Moa’s Toes’ Magnolia ‘Gold Finch’ – sparsely flowered as usual. Magnolia ‘Gold Finch’ Magnolia ‘Tinkerbelle’ is dwarfish and upright but a very good colour. A Vance Hooper creation in…

17th April

…‘Lilacina’ Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Rhododendron niveum Rhododendron niveum Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Magnolia denudata, Magnolia…

27th April

…M. ‘Gold Star’. Magnolia ‘Tranquility’ Magnolia ‘Tranquility’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Tilia zamoyskiana coming into leaf….

7th May

…very good yellow and indeed it is. Not pure yellow though. First time performer here (Area 27). Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ Crataegus chlorosarca flowering here…

15th May

Gold’ Thymus citriodorus ‘Archer’s Gold’ Aeonium canariense. Aeonium canariense Metrosideros excelsa about to flower in the teeth of the wind. Metrosideros excelsa The garden above the theatre. The garden above…

30th July

…growing good yellow but not quite Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’ so probably not worth stocking. On offer at £4.95! Rudbeckia ‘Tiger Eye Gold’ Rudbeckia ‘Tiger Eye Gold’ Cestrum elegans is a Mexican…

31st July

…in shade. Gingko biloba ‘Saratoga’ Gingko biloba ‘Saratoga’ Gingko biloba ‘Saratoga’ Gingko biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ growing in dappled sun and shade. Gingko biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ Gingko biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ Gingko…

30th August

…‘Glenlean Gold’ Luma apiculata ‘Glenlean Gold’ One of Karol’s small size new labels in place. No seeds on ‘Tina Durio’ but plenty of buds for next year. new labels 2016…

3rd September

…planting and 4ft already. This will be a new entry for the 2020 Burncoose website. Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ 2018 – CHW…

31st October

…Lamorna Lamorna 2020 – CHW Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ with its autumn colours which are interesting but not that spectacular. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Pseudopanax laetus…

12th February 1897 – 2020

…carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’ Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Eva Gold’ – a new one in our catalogue this year. The golden foliage of autumn has faded. Erica x…

12th May 1897 – 2020

…‘blue shadow’ the judges will say. Cornus kousa ‘Blue Shadow’ Cornus kousa ‘Blue Shadow’ Magnolia ‘Gold Crown’ is a perhaps. Nice bit of green in the yellow flower. Magnolia ‘Gold

31st March

…Not very golden really as I have commented before. Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Then the first of the 23 Amelanchier in the new collection planted above the kennels…

7th April

…wind persists but only a little sleet.Old Park is still completely frosted but I do manage to see just coming out:Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia…

23rd April

…at the base and pink veining. Not bad for late April! Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ has light pink buds…

8th May

…‘Hoppy’. Rhododendron ‘Hoppy’ Rhododendron ‘Hoppy’ Rhododendron ‘Hoppy’ Azalea ‘Golden Flare’. Azalea ‘Golden Flare’ Azalea ‘Golden Flare’ Azalea ‘Golden Flare’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’ flowering well despite its secondary flowers in the…

23rd May

…intermedia ‘Discovery’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Discovery’ Armeria pseudoarmeria ‘Dreamland’ came second. Armeria pseudoarmeria ‘Dreamland’ Iris sibirica ‘Fran’s Gold’, despite everything came fourth! Iris sibirica ‘Fran’s Gold’ The Queen and our…

8th June

…and a fitting follow up to the Chelsea Gold Medal. Justin with the large Gold Medal Outside the Members Tent at Royal Cornwall a perfect Callistemon citrinus ‘Perth Pink’ Callistemon…

21st June

…one-sidedly. Tilia chingiana Tilia chingiana Tilia chingiana Tilia mongolica ‘Harvest Gold’ Tilia mongolica ‘Harvest Gold’ Tilia mongolica ‘Harvest Gold’ Quercus maurii is trying to recover from the drought. Quercus maurii…

22nd June

…‘Autumn Gold’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ A tree fern on Sinogrande Walk with Rh. ponticum and Quercus ilex growing from its trunk. tree fern The (untraceable) and dwarf Carpinus nimpoli…