29th July

…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. Leucothoe axillaris…

15th January

…Tilia mexicana Picea morrisonicola – a rare and graceful spruce from Taiwan. Mount Morrison spruce. Picea morrisonicola Picea morrisonicola Cedrus libani Cedrus libani Cedrus libani Cedrus libani The bamboos in…

8th January

…plants in full growth Herbaceous plants in full growth Out in flower today:- Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’ Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry

14th February

…Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ (‘Okame’ to us!), a Collingwood Ingram cherry hybrid, are just out by the tower. Hillier’s says it flowers in March. Each year these trees become more…

28th June

…July last year. Verbena rigida grows less tall than V. bonariensis and is just as pretty. Verbena rigida Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’, with its brownish leaves, is a good thing although…

26th December

…in a whirlwind in 1976. Rhododendron auklandii 2016 – CHW An elderly survivor from JCW’s cherry collection still grows above the Four in Hand. Prunus autumnalis is not a large…

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…

31st May

…‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ Deutzia longifolia (White Form) Deutzia longifolia (White Form) This is another Pittosporum adaphniphylloides which…

4th May

…insignis ‘Fansipanensis’ 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…

1st May

…new species which will be 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’…