…this large plant at the entrance to the Burncoose Garden. Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ 2017 – CHW Jaimie and his team have been cutting the trash…

…on for as long as we can to fulfil them. Internet mail order businesses are having a bonanza which will no doubt engender a public backlash soon. If we do…

…Chocolate’ Celastrus orbiculatus with a good show in the sales point. Celastrus orbiculatus Malus ‘Golden Hornet’ with larger yellow crab apples than seen elsewhere in this diary recently. Malus ‘Golden…

…highstreets, catering and hospitality sectors. Social distancing will mean huge cuts in staff numbers.The tiny corner shops have had a bonanza and the supermarkets have tightened their grip on their…

…not a bad name for the new growth. Pseudopanax ‘Gold Finger’ Pseudopanax ‘Gecko Gold’ has plain green, younger leaves and yellow, variegated, older ones. Pseudopanax ‘Gecko Gold’ Pseudopanax ‘Gecko Gold’…

…glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ was indeed turning colour nicely contrary to what I said yesterday. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Plenty of flowers suddenly out on Camellia x…

…Eucalyptus gregsoniana Eucalyptus gregsoniana A single secondary flower on Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’. Magnolia ‘Illini Gold’ Crataegus durobrivensis with large ripe fruits. Crataegus durobrivensis I stupidly said the other day that…

…‘Astro Pink’ below White Stiles. Narcissus ‘Astro Pink’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ above the kennels. Not very golden really as I have commented before. Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Then…

…Sedum ‘Gold Mound’ may be dwarf and a rockery plant but it is still quite striking. No idea about its flowers. Sedum ‘Gold Mound’ Sedum ‘Gold Mound’ Ligularia gigantea ‘Giant…

…Garden in partial shade. Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Magnolia ‘Martha Joan Leslie’ was registered and named by Andrew after his (I think) granddaughter 14 years ago. I helped…

…out:Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Anticipation’ Magnolia ‘Anticipation’ Even the Gunnera manicata bed is badly frosted. Gunnera manicata This mystery rhododendron…

…Magnolia ‘Peaches and Cream’ A young Sorbus hedlundii in flower. Sorbus hedlundii Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’ – not bad for late season. Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ x M. ‘Gold Cup’…

…new planting above the greenhouse. Soon time for it to go having done its job – or all three plants actually. Luma apiculata ‘Glenlean Gold’ Luma apiculata ‘Glenlean Gold’ Luma…

…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…

…that spectacular. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Pseudopanax laetus with its tiny white flowers not quite yet open. I watched a video today in John Marston’s garden…

…‘Golden Sunshine’ one year on from planting and 4ft already. This will be a new entry for the 2020 Burncoose website. Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Salix…

…‘Autumn Gold’ Gingko biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ Gingko biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ 2018 – CHW To the enormous Bridgemere Garden Centre near Nantwich at the weekend with Karol. This is now a…

…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 species which…

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

…the scent or, today, a wet arse! Thymus citriodorus ‘Archer’s Gold’ Thymus citriodorus ‘Archer’s Gold’ Aeonium canariense. Aeonium canariense Metrosideros excelsa about to flower in the teeth of the wind….