…planted out the new reticulata camellias which we purchased from Stervinou nurseries in France. reticulata camellias 2017 – CHW Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ has one flower left. The first time…

…grafted most of them themselves before the first phase of planting out in 2003. The second batch of plants came from Stervinou Nurseries in France in 2007. No camellias (or…

…to offer on the Burncoose website. Rather serrated leaves! Lardizabala biternata Lardizabala biternata 2016 – CHW Camellia sinensis is out in the greenhouse as a small plant bought from France…

…martinii […] I hope everyone is ok at Caerhays, here in France it’s starting to calm down a bit.. I’m only aloud to work in the arboretum twice a week,…

…reticulata ‘Den Burton’ with its first enormous flower by Red Linney. A new one to us from France. The rare white form of Rhododendron racemosum (near Tin Garden) which needs…

…explain why it was not safe to partially open schools on 1st June despite them having been open in full for a month in Denmark, Sweden; reopening in France, Germany…

…sargentiana var. robusta seedling. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta seedling Camellia ‘Italiana Vera’ – a ‘new’ one bought from Stervinou nurseries in France. Camellia ‘Italiana Vera’ Slightly battered Magnolia ‘Charles Raffill’….

…flower for the first time this week. 1915 – JCW Bob came in from France for two days. Frost last night hit the Thomsoni hybrids hard, Mrs Butler hybrids just…

…look at our fairly young Castanopsis sieboldii which came from Burncoose (via Sandeman Seeds in France as seedlings) and the nursery has had a few plants for sale since circa…

…James Garnett told me these make cheap pepper which sells in France for €130 per kilo. A few quid here then! Xanthoxylum simulans 2015 – CHWA Cercidiphyllum japonicum planted in…