…Nyssa sylvatica Fothergilla major also. Fothergilla major Celtis australis Celtis australis Arbutus unedo ‘Rubra’ in full flower – early! Arbutus unedo ‘Rubra’ Callicarpa dichotoma in full flower too. Callicarpa dichotoma…

…Camellia ‘Rubescens Major’ Camellia ‘Rubescens Major’ Raphiolepsis indica ‘Springtime’ Raphiolepsis indica ‘Springtime’ Ribes laevifolium ‘Amy Doncaster’ – a creeping, low growing shrub. Ribes laevifolium ‘Amy Doncaster’ Ribes laevifolium – which…

…Of Quercus affinis and Quercus rugosa there is no sign. Major casualties because of minimal care and maintenance on the periphery of the garden. One cannot help admiring Betual albosinensis…

…evergreen leaves? Rhododendron wadanum ‘Album’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ now into leaf. It will get darker yet. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Juglans major has interesting new growth. As nice as…

…away quickly. Ehretia macrophylla Sizygium smithii still has attractive new growth. Sizygium smithii Juglans major (Juglans elaeopyren now) is getting away nicely. Juglans major Lithocarpus dealbatus not so well. Lithocarpus…

…isolation and this may well become a major problem for people who have got out of the habit of doing anything other than ‘nothing’. One can begin to see those…

…is owned by the Ministry of Agriculture/ Forest Service and was closed for major tree surgery work. The 12½ acre woodland garden is known as the Annesley Garden. We were…

…to see the major new projects in the garden. A generational change and major revamp of the main garden, lakes, and farmyard / former nursery area. The row of Ilex…

…The stunning red flowers of Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’. Trillium luteum Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’ The novel and unusual Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Greenapples’. [ALONGSIDE] The new to us Centaurea ‘Jordy’. Aquilegia…

…and dusted between the rain. No plastic wrapping on the bales which is a major cost saving too and no run off or pollution from our small, and now unused,…

…was a huge 6-7ft tall clump of Melianthus major. The cold has reduced it just to a couple of tiny shoots from the old roots. Mostly dead. Melianthus major Also…

…out. A huge plant 3 years on from planting. Well worth propagating a few of these for the catalogue. Escallonia resinosa Escallonia resinosa Escallonia resinosa Juglans major getting away nicely….

…of Major Howell’s rhododendrons hybrids above Rookery path. rhododendrons hybrids 2022 – CHW Thunderstorms and welcome rain last night with SW wind. Quite a bit of minor debris on the…

…which I enjoy disliking. 2000 – FJW Another very wet month (October) major floods over the country. 1950 – CW Camellia hybrid in Big Quarry out and some opened indoors…

…major damage at Burncoose as well as here. One of the elderly beech trees by the tree fern shed a huge limb which brought down another decent 40 year old…

…Treberrick which took 3 people and a digger 3 days to resolve in a field of winter corn. Major pipe replacement of old metal pipe now needed. Chasing water leaks…

…sasanqua on the wall at its best. Primula megasoefolia good. 1897 – JCW F Wilson shows, also Cyclamineus, Horsfieldii, and Nelsoni major, also M Hume and No 100 of 85….

…was unexpected. Rhododendron maddenii Acer kawakamii (caudatifolium) is rotten at its base beside the drive. This fungal infection of the main stems is now a major threat to snake bark…

…on Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’. Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ A major surprise to find a dozen or so flowers out in October high up on an original Camellia x williamsii…

…A visit to Jenny Knuckey, the widow of my former and original partner at Burncoose. Since David’s recent death she has had major heart surgery herself but was back home…