24th April

…Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Prettycoat’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ was the only one properly out on Hovel Cart Road. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Vesta’ Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ looking good. Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ Sorbus megalocarpa about…

20th June

…tree! Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ 2016 – CHW The three young Aesculus wilsonii at the entrance to Old…

14th April

…‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ (Magnolia ‘Galaxy’ x Magnolia ‘Toro’) flowering properly for the first time. Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Pink Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’…

13th June

…Finis Pink’ – 2017 planted. Rhododendron ‘Royal Finis Pink’ Rhododendron ‘Royal Finis Pink’ Lots of clumps of youngish Rhododendron decorum now going over. Rhododendron decorum Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ just out at…

11th March 1897 – 2020

…‘Dentata’ Aucuba japonica ‘Dentata’ Aucuba japonica ‘Dentata’ Chionodoca ‘Pink Giant’ – a good light pink form too which appeared to self sow itself. Chionodoca ‘Pink Giant’ Chionodoca ‘Pink Giant’ Chionodoca…

1st July

…japonica Magnolia sapaensis now full out. Magnolia sapaensis Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ One of our best two Rhododendron maddenii. Rhododendron maddenii Eucryphia milligani just coming out….

24th June

…ago. Over flowering probably hastened their demise. I had forgotten that we still have one really decent clump of Rhododendron royalii ‘Pink Flush’. Rhododendron royalii ‘Pink Flush’ Rhododendron royalii ‘Pink

2nd June

…east winds. Pinkish red Pinkish red Pinkish red Pinkish red Then a red one with an orange flare. red red Still tight buds on Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’. Styrax japonicus…

31st March

…‘Astro Pink’ below White Stiles. Narcissus ‘Astro Pink’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ above the kennels. Not very golden really as I have commented before. Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Then…

8th March

…what a shape to the flower and on such a young plant. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s…

23rd April

…Magnolia ‘Pink Royalty’ x ‘Daybreak’. More Daybreak than Royalty I think and not, as yet, worthy of a name. Magnolia ‘Pink Royalty’ x ‘Daybreak’ Magnolia ‘Pink Royalty’ x ‘Daybreak’ Magnolia…

26th May

‘Pink Flush’ is out but has lost its ‘flush’ during Chelsea week. In bud as we left. Another few buds to come. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’…

21st June

…is there. Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ and Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia Purpurea’. Ross has completed the new clearing at the very top of…

22nd July

…vigorous grower Hydrangea ‘Fireworks blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks pink’ Hydrangea ‘Hobelia’ – starts as a pink lacecap and fades to green and…

28th March

…‘Slavin’s 44’. Magnolia ‘Slavin’s 44’ Magnolia ‘Slavin’s 44’ Magnolia ‘Big Pink’ x ‘Werrington’ named ‘Cassandra’. Magnolia ‘Big Pink’ x ‘Werrington’ named ‘Cassandra’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Pink Stardust’. Magnolia x loebneri…

6th April

…is pink like the mother and the other is a pinkish white. Lutescens is good again after one knock out by the frost and then another by the wind. Pink

11th June

…RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year arrive at Burncoose. Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume Pink’. Philadelphus ‘Petite Perfume Pink’ Indigofera himalayensis ‘Silk Road’ flowering for the first time in the nursery. Indigofera…

5th August

…however to be going brown not pink! Carpinus fangiana Nor on Dipteronia sinensis. These are rather more attractive than the flowers. ‘Rabbits Money’ or ‘Elm-like’ in the context of Ulmus…

29th August

…change to pink as yet. Taller growing than ‘White Lace’ too. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ We looked at Hydrangea ‘Hobella’ in its prime six to eight weeks ago when it…

20th November

…as part of a vlog. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Still colour on Hydrangea aspera…