3rd October

…‘Tiger Eyes’ Another new plant for the website – Ceratostigma plumbaginoides ‘Summer Skies’. Ceratostigma plumbaginoides ‘Summer Skies’ The late flowering Kniphofia rooperi. Kniphofia rooperi Eleagnus x ebbingei ‘Gilt Edge’ with…

21st February

…as you can hear cars coming more easily. 60 tonnes of new gravel laid 60 tonnes of new gravel laid The large Magnolia campbellii seedling above Crinodendron Hedge has leapt…

16th February

…Yellow’. Magnolia campbellii A lower branch of the Magnolia campbellii seedling along Crinodendron Hedge now full out. Magnolia campbellii seedling Magnolia campbellii seedling Magnolia campbellii seedling First flower out on…

31st December

…on a very elderly Camellia japonica in a clump. This one with large reddish flowers. Camellia japonica Camellia japonica A Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ at the edge of the old Charlie…

13th September

…the autumn. Pseudowintera ‘Moulin Rouge’ Pseudowintera ‘Moulin Rouge’ Enkianthus campanulatus with wonderful red stems and ripening seed heads. Enkianthus campanulatus Chaenomeles x superba ‘Crimson and Gold’ with ripe bright red…

13th October

…hence the buds and autumn flowers. Leaves have variable amounts of spines. A large specimen tree today above Crinodendron Hedge. Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Hodginsii’ Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Hodginsii’ Ilex x…

20th October

…missing decent autumn colour pictures of Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’ on the Burncoose website. Hilliers states ‘striking shades of bright red and orange’. What I am seeing is hardly this…

7th August

…at their best while the Thalicitum are over. Last year it was the other way around. Lilies superb! lilies Phlox ‘Bright Eyes’ and Crocosmia masonorum. Phlox ‘Bright Eyes’ and Crocosmia…

29th March

…‘Wim Rutten’ looks much better today. Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ Another Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ glows against the laurel hedge. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ 2023 – CHW Pouring with rain at Burncoose. Magnolia…

5th November

…out by the Playhouse and an exceptional colour. Camellia ‘Takinini’ Camellia ‘Takinini’ Camellia ‘Takinini’ Work progressing well on the laurel hedge below Sinogrande Walk. laurel hedge A few rogue flowers,…