3rd August

…– vulgarly attractive with its largely yellow but three tone coloured leaves. A short lived plant I expect but a showstopper. Cistus ‘Gold Prize’ Leucanthemum ‘Ooh La Spider’ – silly…

1st April

…few. All are destined for the very best places in the garden. Scented rhodos are very short lived and need to be in total shelter where they can be seen…

3rd October

…greater recognition. Lespedeza thunbergii Lespedeza thunbergii 2017 – CHW A day making 30 short one to two minute video clips for the Burncoose website. Mainly for the topical tips section…

30th April

…many species live only short lives that if you forget to propagate they are gone. With the closure of Glendoick nurseries, at least for mail order, where else in the…

12th March

…40 years in the business. After the pandemic we can afford it and the volume of business continues to grow while plant stocks run ever shorter and so much on…

20th April

…below the Fernery. Rhododendron neriiflorum phaedropum Rhododendron neriiflorum phaedropum Azaleodendron ‘Hardijzer Beauty’ (Kurume azalea x Rhododendron racemosum) is an excellent pot plant but rather dwarf and short lived in a…

28th March

…Rhododendron pseudochyrsanthemum An aged Rhododendron impeditum ‘J C Williams’ is 6-8ft tall on Burns Bank and hardly a dwarf grower. Short lived though. Rhododendron impeditum ‘J C Williams’ Rhododendron impeditum…

24th April

…worse. Wind chill and leaves blown off over winter despite a sheltered spot. Rhododendron tanastyllum Azaleodendron ‘Harditzer Beauty’ is a short lived small thing. Here nearly on its last legs…

14th February

…out also. Young plants replace this short lived species which I previously planted by the greenhouse as a teenager. However when I look this up Rh. flavidum is yellow so…

23rd July

…hut 2015 – CHW Hydrangea quercifolia, the US oak leaved hydrangea, has spectacular autumn colour but there are several ‘buts’! They are very short lived in our climate; perhaps only…