3rd January

…a new variety to me and rather good. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ 2024 – CHW Wind damage and splitting in a large camellia. splitting in a…

7th December

…Nobleanums on Drive. Turning colder. 1931 – JCW Hamamelis just showing colour just as in 1930. 1930 – JCW One Maddeni at the brown gate, one Roylei picked. Hamamelis just…

17th March

…before seen with purple fruits. Syzygium paniculatum ‘Newport’ Hamamelis japonica ‘Brentry’ – the last of the witch hazels to be out in the nursery. Hamamelis japonica ‘Brentry’ Hamamelis japonica ‘Brentry’…

9th January 1897- 2020

…is really the best thing, snowdrops showing since Christmas. 1920 – JCW Just as the above but less of excepting for the Hamamelis which is better. Cotoneaster salicifolia is nice…

16th February 1897 – 2020

…had a very wet six months. All Hamamelis flowered together again – Lower Quarry Nursery Hamamelis very early. Red Admiral fine. 1946 – CW Both Mag campbellii have a flower…

26th January 1897 – 2020

…cut, Geraniums probably dead. The Saluensis Camellias all coming out again but no colour on any Rhodo. This frost harder than Dec 38 but plants not so soft. Hamamelis quite…

23rd January 1897 – 2020

…Blandford 1/3rd out. 1943 – CW Half a dozen flowers on Cam reticulata Mary Williams fully out. First red cup in Tin Garden. 1923 – JCW Hamamelis going over, first…

21st January 1897- 2020

…be good, and the irroratums with hairs show flowers for the first time. The first cyclamineus open. 1919 – JCW Hamamelis mollis very good indeed and so since Christmas. E…

18th January 1897- 2020

…Some Moupinense and Lutescens at their best, Hamamelis still good, also some Rho mucronulatum. Speciosa on wall open at the top wall. Hybrids some covered with flower. Cam reticulata species…

15th January 1897- 2020

…Erica hybrida is ¼ open, nobleanums nice, some snowdrops, the white ribes should be out this coming week. Hamamelis remain very good. 1926 – JCW Snow and frost but not…

13th January 1897- 2020

…so is mucronulatum at its very best. 1923 – JCW This follows a late cold and wet summer and not much is moving, but after the Hamamelis mollis and E…

17th January 1897- 2020

…day and so the Hamamelis. 1924 – JCW The best Rhodo’n after mucronulatum is R parvifolium, moupinense is nice, to C coums are fair, the hamamelis are going over whilst…

2nd January 1897- 2020

…2 good Gordonia flowers as the Rh mucronulatum is late. Hamamelis is very good indeed. White Camellia has flowers, early speciosa is frosted. Moupinense and Lutescens have shown colour for…

31st December

…delavayi next to the Tin Garden but all fuchsias gone with frost. No Camellia single flower touched except whites. Half the big double white brown. 1926 – JCW Hamamelis mollis…

13th December

…One Thea forrestii. Some nice flowers of Roylei, fair of Learsiae. Hamamelis just starting. Mucronulatum open. Darleyense some flowers. 1924 – JCW Hamamelis mollis are opening and Erica darleyense. Cotoneaster…

20th November

…Mahonia x media ‘Charity’ The last of the fine yellow leaves on hamamelis mollis in a tunnel. hamamelis mollis 2021 – CHWQuercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ going through its metamorphosis…

18th November

…colour on a Hamamelis by the till. Hamamelis A large dead sweet chestnut felled yesterday at the back of Burncoose House. dead sweet chestnut A good clump of Rhododendron lutescens…

18th September

…sold immediately in the immediate post lockdown rush to plant. 29 pallets of trees The amazing and unusually early autumn colours on the leaves of Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’….

11th February

…into leaf. freshly potted roses Hamamelis mollis ‘Brentry’ is an interesting yellow colour. Relatively new to the Burncoose website. Hamamelis mollis ‘Brentry’ Nice plants of Beschorneria septentrionalis. Beschorneria septentrionalis Flowers…

4th February

…flowers. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Very first pendulous flowers out on Camellia x williamsii ‘Lady’s Maid’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Lady’s Maid’ The ancient Hamamelis mollis in Lower Quarry Nursery is…