…Excellent new signage is up. signage Daphne ‘Perfume Princess’ just coming out – gorgeous scent. Daphne ‘Perfume Princess’ Daphne ‘Perfume Princess’ Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ in full flower. A good…

…‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Princess Margaret’ which should have been named ‘Windsor Surprise’ but for the princesses’ intervention. Caerhays bred along with ‘Kew Surprise’. Magnolia campbellii…

…for Burncoose last autumn. Camellia ‘Tiny Princess’ Camellia ‘Tiny Princess’ 2024 – CHW Good Friday and a report of the first swallows from Lizzie. Also a visiting hoopoe in a…

…‘Snowflakes’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Snowflakes’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’. Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’. Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier alnifolia…

…Wisteria not yet out. Acer palmatum ‘Little Princess’. Acer palmatum ‘Little Princess’ Acer palmatum ‘Little Princess’ A good bit of National Trust labelling. The label is actually a Magnolia stellata….

…magnolias were ripe – ‘F. J. Williams’, ‘Caerhays Splendour’, ‘Princess Margaret’, sargentiana var. robusta and cylindrica. Styrax wuyuanensis not ripe. Styrax wuyuanensis Styrax faberi not ripe. Styrax faberi Styrax formosanus…

…be ‘curtains’ anyway. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Schefflera pauciflora with now ripe seeds which Asia ought to gather with some put aside for when Paul calls here in…

…for its roses which were sadly nearly overA second flush of flower on Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’. Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’ Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’ Sambucus nigra…

…propped. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ 2020 – CHW A carpet of seedlings under a solitary Podocarpus salignus. You never see enough podocarps or red berries on the tree…

…‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Princess Margaret’ First flowers out on Enkianthus serrulatus. Enkianthus serrulatus Leaf now full out on Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’. Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ Magnolia ‘Sayonara’ slightly…

…lovely. Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Perfume Princess’ Daphne bholua ‘Perfume Princess’ Daphne…

…x keiskei) Rhododendron ‘Princess Anne’ Rhododendron ‘Princess Anne’ Lysichiton camschaticum Lysichiton camschaticum Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’ – superb double new coloured growth. Prunus ‘Royal Burgundy’ – well worth stocking. Prunus ‘Royal…

…be grateful for any tree magnolia producing something. Nothing like the real thing in size or colour. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ 2017 – CHW A trip to look…

…thing in the garden today. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Philip’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Philip’ Another stunner against a blue sky is Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ is…

…too bad but smaller flowers than the older plant which is more sheltered. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ is just coming. Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia ‘Crystal…

…seedling Rhododendron ‘Yaku Princess’ in the Rockery is just going over. Short lifespans these dwarf rhodos have in our climate. Rhododendron ‘Yaku Princess’ Rhododendron ‘Yaku Princess’ A young Camellia ‘Quintessence’…

…the class. On the magnolia show bench today were: Our vase of Magnolia campbellii ‘Princess Margaret’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Princess Margaret’ A really good Magnolia ‘Sweetheart’. Magnolia ‘Sweetheart’ Our magnolia exhibit…

…Asia and the nursery propagating and the flowers show up better than on C. fraterna. Some flowers are more double than others. Camellia ‘Tiny Princess’ Camellia ‘Tiny Princess’ So what…

…Burncoose planting day.Clematis armandii coming out in the nursery. Clematis armandii Daphne ‘Perfume Princess White’ is a recent new entry to the website. Daphne ‘Perfume Princess White’ Catkins on Salix…

…– CHW A bit of a magnolia hunt today.The pink form of Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ just showing. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Manglietia insignis just out and perfect today but loads of…