7th January

…full out. This plant has been heavily pruned over the years and is a thick bush with some leaf variegation. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Its neighbour…

24th December

…Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ A red sky as dawn breaks over Burncoose. red sky as dawn Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ in fine flowering form. Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ Three…

17th November

…Plena’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘Ken Juro’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘New Dawn’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ ‘Paradise Little Lien’ “Maiden’s Blush” “Maiden’s Blush” “Maiden’s Blush” “Everards’s Delight”…

8th November

…Liane’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Little Liane’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Little Liane’ Camellia sasanqua ‘New Dawn’. Camellia sasanqua ‘New Dawn’ Camellia sasanqua ‘New Dawn’ Camellia oleifera x sasanqua ‘Survivor’. Camellia oleifera…

2nd June

…inspection of our multiple woodland plantings there at dusk and dawn. Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii 2001…

26th December

…flowers by the Dining Room. Narcissus flowers Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) at its very best and undamaged by rain, wind or frost. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ (‘Ginryu’) Camellia x…

1st December

…am startled to see how quickly I have been deceived. Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ Camellia x vernalis ‘Dawn’ 2023 – CHW Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ now full out. What a colour!…

17th February

…conradinae just showing its first flowers. Prunus conradinae Although it is nearly dusk Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ is just showing colour on two buds at the apex of the small tree….

12th May

…Saw three swifts at dusk last night which appear to be nesting in the castellations above the Rabbit Warren. An unnamed Wilson 50 clump of azaleas flowering by The Hovel….

20th August

…Nothofagus antarctica Rosa ‘Handel’ with a secondary full out flower as dusk falls. Rosa ‘Handel’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ struggling in the drought with shrivelled leaves. Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ Symphoricarpos albus…