…flowering. rhododendron grown from Group seed (via Mayor Howell) 2024 – CHW Rosa ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ in a pot outside the Stable Flat. Rosa ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Roy Lancaster sends…

…I manage to purchase a stock plant of Lonicera subaequalis. Roy Lancaster had promised a plant for some years but it is hard to propagate and we have failed to…

…A good show of bronzy new growth on the ancient Camellia sasanquas. Camellia sasanquas Stewartia rostrata just coming out on the drive. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata In Roy & Ann…

…macrosepala (CWJ 12441) Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala (CWJ 12441) Nice tints on the new growth of Disanthus cercidifolius. Disanthus cercidifolius Gladiolus ‘Prins Claus’ in Roy Key’s garden at The Pound….

…featured this superb white climbing rose in the diary before. A wild collection (one of three here) by Roy Lancaster but far and away the best of the batch which…

…growing than other species and seems to like shade as here. Eventually four to five feet in height I would guess. Sarcococca wallichii Sarcococca wallichii Sarcococca orientalis was a Roy…

…flowers out on Sarcococca wallichii.The Malus collection which awaits planting in the Kitchen Garden still has colourful fruits on the following varieties:-Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus…

…var tenuifolia Mahonia oiwakensis ssp lomariifolia var tenuifolia Mahonia gracilipes (Roy Lancaster collection) as a mature plant but again inside Mahonia gracilipes Mahonia gracilipes Mahonia nepaulensis – odd foliage Mahonia…

…Roy Lancaster wrote up recently. This is very near Champernowne Nursery so that is how deliveries to Burncoose could be made.Clare needs to get in touch to consider an order…

…Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ Mahonia species Nova from Roy Lancaster still looking wonderful on Bond Street. Mahonia species Nova Laurel planting below Bond Street looks good. Laurel 2021 –…

…94056: One of Roy’s Philadelphus aff. sargentianus: Scandent branches, fragrant +++ free flowering Philadelphus maculatus ‘Sweet Clare’ Pinus emeritana Pinus imeritana Pinus siberica: Very slow growing and dwarf Pinus wangii…

…Julian’ which was bred by Roy Scamp. Narcissus ‘Mr Julian’ First close up this year of a bud and flower on Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’…

…japonica ‘Bob’s Tinsie’ A good clear up of the fallen branch on Magnolia salicifolia. Magnolia salicifolia 2024 – CHW Four sets of new thing to try from cuttings from Roy…

…A visit to Tregrehan: Back at Caerhays. Roy Lancaster and Mike Nelhams underneath Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’. Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ John and Isla. John and Isla Lizzie and Sue…

…seen for 40 years. Worcester College reunion Clematis armandii ‘Apple Blossom’ below the greenhouse was one Roy Lancaster commented upon. The true ‘Apple Blossom’ is rare in cultivation. Clematis armandii…

…propagators have added to the muddle along the decades. The original M. ‘Pegasus’ was a seedling of M. cylindrica supplied by Hilliers to Trengwainton Gardens and named by Roy Lancaster….

…with the latest reclassification. The planting plan lists B. szechuanica ‘Rubra White’ – this is correctly today Betula pendula subsp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ which was a Roy Lancaster introduction named…

…x leucaspis at its best. Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Aucuba himalaica var. dolichrylla in full flower and quite extraordinary (from Roy Lancaster) by the playhouse. One…

…same flower clusters. Akebia quinata ‘Alba’ Akebia quinata ‘Alba’ This was a gift from Roy Lancaster last year. We are pretty sure it is Pittosporum illiciodes var. angustifolium which has…

…with the reddish new growth. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ is a new one to us but clearly in the ‘Peachy’/’Daybreak’ category. Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’…