…on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Erica canaliculata glowing with flowers in the sun. Erica canaliculata Erica canaliculata Plenty of seed on the Styrax obassia that was…

…(we were selling Tibouchina orangensis) Tibouchina urvilleana Treseders Nursery:Cuphea ignea Cuphea ignea Cuphea ignea Other spectacular plants of interest at the fair:Erica cerinthoides Erica cerinthoides Erica cerinthoides A very fine…

…autumn flowerer. Asterotrichion discolor Erica verticillata in full flower – tender. Erica verticillata Erica verticillata Corylopsis glabrescens with flowers opening. Corylopsis glabrescens 2024 – CHW Rhododendron weyrichii nicely coloured up…

…bank of erica bank of erica Liriodendron tulipifera has shed in the wind but the sides of the drive show what the gales tore off. Liriodendron tulipifera The first daffodil…

…noteworthy in January and February. Has our climate really changed that much in 100 years? Erica arborea Erica arborea 2004 – FJW Drive camellias well out. 1940 – CW Still…

…– once stocked by Burncoose. Clerodendrum speciosissimum Mimosa pudica – Sensitive plant. Mimosa pudica Mimosa pudica Persea americana – Avocado. Persea americana – Avocado Then to the Mediterranean biome. Erica…

…last week. erica by the Four in Hand erica by the Four in Hand 2015 – CHW Dave and I take Dad to church for a private family service to…

…some roses also. C coum ⅕ out. Erica hybrida ⅓ open. A piece or two of Erica codonodes. A bud or two of Rundles scarlet. A quite remarkable lot of…

…today. Erica arborea Erica arborea Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ in the nursery is a new variety to me and rather good. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ 2024…

…mucronulatum bed is by far our best shrub in flower. Erica hybrida is opening on the Terrace. R moupinense is very good and so is R Ririei. 1928 – JCW…

…1924 – JCW Just about 1918 but Erica hybrida is not quite open. 17 species show some flower. 1918 – JCW No Soleil d’or as yet. R moupinense is at…

…untouched by the frost / cold wind earlier this week. Erica arborea Erica arborea The Magnolia mollicomata seedling through the arch has moved on a bit with the odd flower…

…JCW Argenteums opening just about 1923. 1923 – JCW Argenteums open in several places only a few Camellias. Rho praecox and Erica hybrids are the best things. Sutchuenense are good…

…‘Praecox’ (Heather) Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’ – easily the best thing today in the heather beds. Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’ Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’ Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticlear’ in full flower….

…Hakea eppiglottis Erica scoparia from the Mediterranean showing buds. Erica scoparia Erica scoparia Comarostaphylis discolor subsp. discolor from Mexico and Guatemala. A new genus to look up. I guess closely…

…entry signage Erica canaliculata looking good. Erica canaliculata An efficient new system for bed labels in all the tunnels. new system for bed labels A very dark coloured Rhododendron mucronulatum…

…Quercus agrifolia in flower. Quercus agrifolia Quercus agrifolia Quercus agrifolia Rhododendron cilpinense and Rhododendron bauhiniiflorum. Rhododendron cilpinense Erica canaliculata and Azalea ‘Amoena’. Erica canaliculata 2021 – CHW Finally, our long-planned…

…coccinea. Crassula coccinea Erica cerinthoides – the heath from South African which Burncoose has sold on occasion. Erica cerinthoides Echium gentianoides was a startling blue. Echium gentianoides Echium gentianoides Thymus…

…‘Skyfall’ The South African Erica cerinthoides is a new website entry shortly. Erica cerinthoides Euonymus grandiflora ‘Ruby Wine’ in flower. Euonymus grandiflora ‘Ruby Wine’ The new defibrillator has now become…

…are simply too tender. I wonder if JCW tried any fuchsia hybrids? Certainly P D Williams at Lanarth produced some erica hybrids which are still sold today and introduced the…