7th January 1897- 2020

…May 12th), then on the wall new planting C speciosa, latest of all, Hamamelis are better than ever. 1930 – JCW Late year C speciosa nice in the wood not…

8th January 1897- 2020

…first turning bronzy-yellow. Larger plants still to show colour. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aurora’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aurora’ A nice new batch of plants labelled as Eriobotrya ‘Coppertone’ without any sign…

19th January 1897- 2020

…no Reticulata – Hamamelis good, also mucronulatum. 1947 – CW Hamamelis very good. Pink heath well out and some white, Camellia hybrids only first begun. Very late. First flower on…

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…

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…

18th September

…plant. 29 pallets of trees The amazing and unusually early autumn colours on the leaves of Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’. You can see the flower buds amid the brown,…

18th November

…into flower. Loropetalum ‘Daybreak Flame’ Good colour on a Hamamelis by the till. Hamamelis A large dead sweet chestnut felled yesterday at the back of Burncoose House. dead sweet chestnut…

20th November

…Sun’ likewise. Mahonia x media ‘Charity’ Mahonia x media ‘Charity’ The last of the fine yellow leaves on hamamelis mollis in a tunnel. hamamelis mollis 2021 – CHWQuercus dentata ‘Carl…

13th December

…Camellia sasanqua nice, Camellia oleifera opens. One Thea forrestii. Some nice flowers of Roylei, fair of Learsiae. Hamamelis just starting. Mucronulatum open. Darleyense some flowers. 1924 – JCW Hamamelis mollis…

31st December

…brown. 1926 – JCW Hamamelis mollis at its best. Mucronulatum opening. A good few blood red hybrids. Camellia sasanqua never half as good before. 1924 – JCW Hamamelis mollis. Cotoneaster…

23rd January

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…