…Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ just starting to perform on the drive. Metasequoia ‘Gold Rush’ has yet to get this far. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Acer palmatum…

…beside it. Rhododendron ‘Morning Glow’ Rhododendron ‘Morning Glow’ Tim fells a dead sycamore above Crinodendron hedge. It fell exactly as planned in the laurel and did no damage to the…

…‘Ruby Glow’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ I attempted to see if Magnolia martinii had any flower buds for the spring. Most are new leaf growth buds I fear. Magnolia…

…last photographed one on this same bush. What a performance for a hydrangea! The first hydrangea out here too. Hydrangea ‘Madam E Mouilliere’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ glowing in the…

…‘Amber Glow’ is growing into a really colourful tree. I think I prefer this to ‘Goldrush’. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Staphylea bumalda has a couple of…

…time. Enkianthus serrulatus Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ just out. Also a newly planted group and with loads of flower. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ Then a big excitement. A new Enkianthus…

…‘Golden Glow’ x Magnolia ‘Miss Honeybee’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x Magnolia ‘Miss Honeybee’ In 40 years I have never seen a flower on the several plants at Burncoose and…

…May’ Magnolia ‘Fire Glow’ (Magnolia cylindrica x Magnolia denudata ‘Sawadas Pink’) Magnolia ‘Fire Glow’ Magnolia ‘Fire Glow’ Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ – Gresham hybrid unknown origin Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ Magnolia ‘Candy…

…have many US prairie partridges either! Mitchella repens Colour almost showing on Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Another week or so in the tunnels. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ 2020 – CHW A Burncoose…

…the New Zealanders. Much talk of change and ripping up the past to create new things. An American prairie with bison or cattle in place of many Chinese things? Progress…

…‘Spring Glow’ – a good double flower and bronze new growth. Prunus x persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ – parentage not listed. Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ Magnolia ‘Spring Peppermint’ Magnolia…

…third year after planting. Magnolia ‘April Melody’ Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ now full out. Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Rhododendron ‘Choremia’ now full out. Rhododendron ‘Choremia’ Rhododendron fargesii in…

…come into flower. Should we try dwarf growing ones like ‘Balmy Purple’ here? Monarda ‘Balmy Purple’ An excellent display of Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’ fronting Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’. Ajuga…

…unnamed Camellia x williamsii Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ is performing much as ‘Gold Rush’ seen last week. Not bad in the sun but not outstanding. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Liquidambar…

…‘Winter’s Joy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Glow’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Glow’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Interlude’. Camellia…

…CHW We planted this Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ deliberately in a main drain overflow from the drive. These trees delight in growing in boggy waterlogged situations as here. Metasequoia glyptostroboides…

…‘Brigadoon’ Swelling buds on Magnolia doltsopa. Magnolia doltsopa Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ is the first Hamamelis I have seen out apart from nursery stock. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’…

…x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ just out. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ First flower on Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’ And also, very high up as last year,…

…see the damage on the drive. See the first overflies of the damage. 2025 – CHW Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ just showing in full shade. Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Ruby…

…ovatum as well as Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ and Azalea ‘Ledifolia Alba’ are possibles.Although late in the day the new Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ has just been planted in a very…