24th February

…The Copper House. view from the Burncoose Show Tunnel Five of the six Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the bank are now out in flower. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Narcissus cyclamineus seedlings…

15th June

…the copper ingot. Clever! ‘Mining’ ‘Mining’ “Ursula’s Baptism”. The font was decorated using an excellent colour combination of leptospermum, Thalictrum, pale pink Alstroemeria and Euonymus japonicus ‘Silver Queen’. “Ursula’s Baptism”…

19th November

…a Cornish copper or tin mine, many of them have no idea of the history of Cornwall…so it sets the Williams family and the collection in context.”Courtenay Smale, author and…

29th March

…early this morning to sort out the route for the new 3 phase electric supply to the Copper House and Nursery. As we stand discussing where to dig across the…

22nd April

…the future and the Copper House development project. Dog walking and a television engineer failed to interrupt us. Toona sinensi ‘Flamingo’ in the show tunnel was superb but its leaves…

7th May

…Buddleia salvifolia Fagus sylvatica ‘Zlatia’ has soft yellow leaves at first (as here) but they turn green later. Fagus sylvatica ‘Zlatia’ I am assuming this is the copper leaf coloured…

2nd May

…bureavii Staphylea holocarpa – the pure white form at Burncoose. Ours here are all pink or pinkish (Staphylea ‘Innocence’). Staphylea holocarpa Tree surgery complete at The Copper House here around…

19th March

…Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ at its best. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ 2021 – CHW A quick trip to Burncoose to get quotes from tree surgeons for work at The Copper House. Pieris…

15th April

…The Coach House The Coach House Half the floor removed in the Old Copper House office which once had rows of desks like pews in a church. Appalling rot in…

9th May

…Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Rhododendron ‘Kabarett’ looking very fine today. Rhododendron ‘Kabarett’ Rhododendron ‘Kabarett’ It is fairly rare for us to see self-sown seedlings emerging but after last summer’s heat copper