12th January

…in from Holland. Doing well. Quercus acuta Lithocarpus glabrata came from Crûg Farm and was planted more recently but is making good progress. Lithocarpus glabrata Lithocarpus glabrata Quercus gregii (also…

6th January

…zahlbruckneri are now ripe and the leaves shrivelled or gone. On arrival from Holland 2 or 3 years ago the plant had a broken root ball but has fully recovered…

8th December

…new Clematis cirrhosa ‘Landsdowne Gem’ had recently arrived from Javado nurseries in Holland. The plant label shows the flowers as being red but the reality is that they are a…

14th February 1897 – 2020

…new to the Burncoose catalogue too. Superb 2L plants from Javado in Holland. Quite the best Lenten lily I have yet seen although who Anna is or was I have…

30th July

…from Crug Farm for delivery in February 2017. 2015 – CHW Mark Bulk’s (Boskoop, Holland) availability list (for once with prices) arrives to peruse. Quite a few odd, rare and…

12th October

…japonicus ‘Snow Cone’ Pterocarya rhederiana ‘Fern Leaf’ was only planted in the spring. It certainly lives up to its name and is well worth its position. Propagated in Holland by…

26th August

…just starting to turn in colour from white to a gorgeous pink. Superb plant which I think usurps the plethora of new paniculata varieties appearing from Holland in recent years…

27th July

…ever seen it performing as well as this. When the plants arrived here from Holland years ago they were labelled Michelia compressa and we mistakenly sold them as that. This…

10th July

…Camellia sasanqua. A tail end flower on Stewartia pseudocamellia at Burncoose. The new charging machine is installed at West Portholland. Hydrangea ‘Hobella’. Hydrangea ‘Taube’. 2024 – CHW Gevuina avellana reshooting…

9th July

…disease is infecting tomato plants in Holland, Spain and Portugal which is highly contagious and wipes out the whole crop. Instead we see the PA to the MD who organises…

18th June

…now needed and some leylandii to remove. Cupressus macrocarpa 2019 – CHW An inspection of the young Stewartia plantation which, I fear, is proving that all that comes from Holland

5th June

…Its scent is superb, although I fear it will be fairly tender. I did acquire this plant from Holland over the winter but the leaf form suggests that I have…

19th May

…Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ which is outstanding! Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Hollandia’ Enkianthus hirtinervus is always the last species to flower but it is having a year off from flowering…

22nd April

…from Holland at least 10 years ago and looked very nice plants. John Marston referred to our cockup in one of his recent regular videos about his garden at Gorwell…

9th April

…in tight bud. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ A few other slightly frosted magnolias newly out in Kennel Close: Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia liliiflora ‘Holland Red’…

8th April

…the Portholland valley plantation of camellias in the Portholland valley We did eventually manage to interest Dutch buyers in the camellia product some five years ago but it proved impossible…

5th April

…Burncoose label saying ‘Optima’ which it clearly is not. Anyone any ideas? [I looked it up and it is Camellia japonica ‘Onetia Holland’] ‘Optima’ ‘Optima’ ‘Optima’ Camellia x williamsii ‘E…

29th March

…but the colour of the bud is superb. Magnolia ‘A E Bold’ Magnolia ‘Olav Kalleberg’ (Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia liliiflora ‘Holland Red’) still in bud but evidence of the…

28th March

…Parks’ Rhododendron fargesii full out. Rhododendron fargesii Magnolia ‘Olav Kallenberg’ with its first decent flower above Crinodendron Hedge. (M. ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’). Another potentially excellent new…

6th March 1897 – 2020

…Caerhays with a group from Holland and two Canadians who hope to bring a smart tour group to the Great Gardens of Cornwall next spring. No magnolias to show them…