6th March

…dark pink flowers and an exceptional cherry which I first saw at the Savill Gardens years ago. Three plants in a clump in Tin Garden. Wonderful bark as well. Prunus…

4th May

…Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ now full out. Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ Rhododendron zaleucum is now about 10ft. Rhododendron zaleucum Rhododendron zaleucum Aextoxicon punctatum is making a…

25th April

…CHW Prunus mahaleb, the St Lucie cherry, with masses of tiny white blackthorn-like flowers. A day later the wind had blown most away. Prunus mahaleb Prunus mahaleb Magnolia ‘Stellar Acclaim’…

28th April

cherry which came in a batch from Hillier’s. With all the unusual Japanese names these obscure cherries present a naming problem. PRUNUS gyoiko PRUNUS gyoiko PRUNUS gyoiko Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ above…

1st May

…in the 2021 Burncoose catalogue. Just buds for now but interesting leaves with an odd silvery hue. Crataegus schraderiana Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ just out. Rounded habit so…

29th July

…Penstemon ‘Strawberries and Cream’ Penstemon ‘Appleblossom’ Penstemon ‘Appleblossom’ Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ – superb groundcover. Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ Leucothoe axillaris ‘Curly Red’ without any winter colour but unusual none the less….

25th August

…new plants which might be additions to the 2020 Burncoose website. Pennisetum ‘Cherry Sparkler’ Pennisetum ‘Cherry Sparkler’ Cyperus eragrotis Cyperus eragrotis Cyperus eragrotis Rudbeckia ‘Summerina Brown’ Rudbeckia ‘Summerina Brown’ Rudbeckia…

15th October

…Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ has developed slowly after planting in 2020. Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ This Diospyros kaki was planted in 2013. A few hints of…

27th November

…garden entrance. Not a well-known cherry but splendid in the autumn. Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ The first daffodils sprouting that I have seen this November also by the…

28th November

…Lindera erythrocarpa Lindera erythrocarpa 2021 – CHW Placing out the 18 cherry trees (two of each) in the newly fenced off strip below White Styles with Jaimie. We put in…

26th December

cherry collection still grows above the Four in Hand. Prunus autumnalis is not a large tree but, as is typical, its branches have cankerous growths which make them appear somewhat…

8th January

…Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’ Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’ Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’. Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’ Hesperantha coccinea ‘Sunrise’. Hesperantha coccinea ‘Sunrise’ The gingers…

14th February 1897 – 2020

…a cascade as yet!Two 2003 (and one earlier) plants of Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ (‘Okame’ to us!), a Collingwood Ingram cherry hybrid, are just out by the tower. Hillier’s says…

28th June

…The last flowers on Deutzia x hybrida ‘Strawberry Fields’ are just fading away after a tremendous show. Deutzia x hybrida ‘Strawberry Fields’ However, beside it, a very much older and…

19th June

…propagated more. Rhododendron ‘Tally Ho’ The record cherry tree, Prunus perulata, is flowering nicely when we go to inspect it. The flowers are definitely those of a ‘bird cherry’ and…

Irish trip April 2018

…yellow berry despite the time of the year. The best show of this I have ever seen. Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Schefflera frangipanensis seedlings from various Vietnamese collecting…

6th September

…to Tin Garden and suddenly caught the eye with its large chubby bright red berries. In the main cotoneasters are pretty dull even when in berry but this is rather…

23rd January

…are over but the odd black berry remains. Sarcococca wallichii I forgot yesterday that we also have Sasa (recently renamed Sasaella) ramosa (formerly Arundinaria vagans or Pleioblastus viridistriatus var. vagans…

16th February

…you let me have a few pictures please of the leaf/trunk? Even a berry or a cutting? Bean says that there was an Ilex cyrtura here and this was identified…

5th April

…the better flower. A bit similar to Magnolia ‘Wodas Memory’ but smaller. MAGNOLIA kobus ‘Octopus’ MAGNOLIA kobus ‘Octopus’ MAGNOLIA ‘Raspberry Fun’ MAGNOLIA ‘Raspberry Fun’ c) Quite the best new thing…