…is rather more of a struggle.Then the even bigger ‘excitement’ of starting to proof the 2021 mail order catalogue three months early.Inevitably I get bored with Abies and Alnus which…

…new flush of secondary flowers much redder than those in the spring. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ 2017 – CHW You seldom see teasels in Cornwall but they are…

…new Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ which will be a good seller in due course. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Prunus matsumae ‘Beni-Yutaka’ just out at the cash point. Prunus matsumae…

…out on a warm sunny day (at last). What a colour and what a shape to the flower. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ The huge Michelia doltsopa by the…

…‘Moonlight Star’ Agapanthus ‘Moonlight Star’ Agapanthus ‘Little Dutch White’ Agapanthus ‘Little Dutch White’ Agapanthus ‘Little Dutch White’ Agapanthus ‘Little Dutch White’ An interesting new low growing Sedum spurium “Dragon’s Blood”….

…has not flowered here yet. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ 2022 – CHW A visit to Tregrehan with the RHS Fellows on the warmest day of the year so…

…on Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ looks much better today. Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ Another Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ glows against the laurel hedge. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ 2023…

…Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x M. ‘Vulcan’. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ x…

…Star’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ has faded but still a show after six weeks. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ A 2019 present from Windsor coming into leaf – Acer ‘Valley Phantom’ with…

…‘King George’ and Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ Azalea amoena and rhododendron ‘High Sheriff’. Azalea amoena and rhododendron ‘High Sheriff’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ by the lodge. Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron…

…aging and getting rather grown in especially after lockdown neglect and a major loss of labels. Much to do to start new clearings and remove saplings and increase overhead light….

…Garden in partial shade. Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ Magnolia ‘Martha Joan Leslie’ was registered and named by Andrew after his (I think) granddaughter 14 years ago. I helped…

…for sale before the show. Rhododendron ‘Pink Star’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Star’ 2024 – CHW Some scenes from the celebrity photocall. Some scenes Some scenes Some scenes Some scenes Some scenes…

…as this. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x Magnolia ‘J.C. Williams’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ just out and excellent as ever. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ New leaves and flower on Acer campestre ‘Red Shine’. Acer…

…now starting to turn yellow. This will be one of the very best Japanese acer displays as it always is on the drive at Burncoose. Acer palmatum ‘Scolopendrifolium’ 2020 –…

…out. Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Plenty of new secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ but only where the new growth has been most vigorous. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Wonderful…

…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 styraciflua ‘Red Star’…

…Sorbus wilsoniana Liriodendron chinense starting to turn colour. Liriodendron chinense First flowers out on Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’. This is the larger flowered form. The more conventional ‘Cornish Snow’ still…

…Fuchsia gracilis. Fuchsia gracilis The snowdrops are now starting to flower and show all around the Four in Hand. snowdrops First flowers on Camellia ‘Debbie’ below the fernery. Camellia ‘Debbie’…

…more or less over. Camellia taliensis Camellia taliensis 2021 – CHW Pruning up the champion (height) Magnolia ‘Gold Star’ to prevent it swamping nearby Pieris and scented rhododendrons. A fairly…