…and now urgently need a wet growing summer. Storm Ciara etc have done this old plant no good at all (Rhododendron sinogrande). Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande This Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’…

…Melliodendron xylocarpum More drought casualties now apparent. This Rhododendron sinogrande was lifted and taken to Chelsea in 2016. A sad disaster. Rhododendron sinogrande Beside it however is a survivor now…

…have seen out this year. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande The root damaged and nearly dead Schefflera macrophylla has been cut back. A hollow pithy centre to the woody stem. The…

…another walled garden Rhododendron sinogrande looking hurt by the cold but it should recover. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Drimys winteri, much like ours at home, has taken a hard knock…

…‘Spring Mist’ Sinopanax formosanus with peculiar leaves. A genus of one species. Sinopanax formosanus Sinopanax formosanus A very early flowering Rhododendron sinogrande seedling with good yellow buds. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron…

…old plant at Burncoose but here, on Sinogrande Walk, we have a 2008 small tree doing exactly that in a hot, dry and exposed location. One from last year and…

…See the colours in the individual flowers within the truss. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Very early flower on Embothrium coccineum. Embothrium coccineum Magnolia ‘Marj Grossler’ – an American hybrid was…

…could and should be named even if it is rather horrible. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron thomsonii – a new plantation and we saw another group at Seaforde. Rhododendron thomsonii…

…was that it is the rare Rhododendron suoilenhense] Rhododendron sinogrande type Rhododendron sinogrande type Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ is good value as a small growing magnolia and here in full sun. It…

…fernery. Dicksonia antarctica, Picea and Betula seedlings The views from the top of the larger fernery back across Sinogrande Walk. Sinogrande Walk Sinogrande Walk The original and huge Camellia x…

…as I had feared. A young Rhododendron sinogrande has shed its old leaves but survives in a shady spot below a spring. Rhododendron sinogrande A dead camellia by the fernery…

…with equally huge flowers in the shade at the top of Old Park. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande There must have been some frost while we were away last week. Just…

…sinogrande (CWC 6336) Rhododendron sinogrande (CWC 6336) New leaves on Carpinus polyneura. Carpinus polyneura Corokia buddleioides in flower and also in full exposure. 6-8 feet tall. Corokia buddleioides Buddleja salviifolia…

…bit irregular and greenish. Nowhere near as good as ‘Yellow Fever’ or ‘Lemon Star’ which we saw in the last week. Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ The pinkish Rhododendron sinogrande known…

…Then a series of dieing rhododendrons. Rhododendron parisha. Rhododendron parisha Rhododendron sinogrande has already dropped its older 2nd year leaves. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Seed heads on Magnolia globosa. Magnolia…

…the TV cameras in mid May. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Magnolia lilliflora ‘Raven’ two years on from planting with its first flower with us. This was one of John Gallagher’s…

…secondary flower on Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ in the Isla Rose plantations. A bizarre find! Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ Athrotaxis selaginoides growing well below Sinogrande Walk. Planted 2009. Erect habit and a…

…a new item for sale on the Burncoose website. Euonymus myrianthus Euonymus myrianthus Hidden away is the rather sad sight of a drought struck Rhododendron sinogrande ‘Lord Rudolph’. Dead soon…

…if you pollard your trees! Liriodendron chinense 2019 – CHW Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ looking especially fine with its young new growth in the sun on Sinogrande Walk. Even…

…Mrs Butler (griffithianum x arboreum hybrids) weyrichii lindleyi nuttallii grande hanseanum arizelum niveum kuisianum sanguineam pseudochrysanthum suoilenhense crassum macabeanum sinogrande megacalyx neriiflorum yunnanense decorum (pink and white)We didn’t get to…