…has grown well in a year and is flowering attractively. A wonderful border shrub with crinum or crocosmia. Heptacodium miconoides Heptacodium miconoides Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Phantom’ is still out above Red…

…Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Here is another common woodland garden wildflower (or invasive weed in a border) which I had never even thought about naming until now. This is Circaea lutetiana…

…to jolly up the edge of the border in September. Tricyrtis hirta Tricyrtis hirta 2017 – CHW The party to celebrate 25 years of the Great Gardens of Cornwall was…

…nitida. A very nice Lupin species which we ought to stock. Here freestanding at the edge of a border and creeping onto the path. You can see why it needs…

…The last remnants of what once edged the border here. Bergenia ‘Bressingham White’ 2021 – CHW For the record here are pictures of the 12 new bamboo species planted below…

…at Burncoose and should do again. It used to be a popular border shrub but has recently fallen out of fashion. Kerrya japonica ‘Pleniflora’ Kerrya japonica ‘Pleniflora’ Quercus salicina in…

…primroses you often find wild primulas of varying colours which have naturalised from the primulas which once grew in the border below.Alongside are clumps of Cyclamen coum with their distinctive…

…Spanish. bluebells bluebells A good clump of now wild (but once cultivated) pinkish bluebells. pinkish bluebells pinkish bluebells Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ just emerging into flower in the border opposite the front…

…double primroses caused me to have a closer look at the multitude of native primroses on the bank.More than clear evidence here of border primulas and primroses (P. ‘Wanda’) being…

…The Pinetum developing nicely and the shrub border absolutely superb. Rowallane rhododendrons approaching that level of maturity where one had to contemplate what can back to regenerate. Cherries reaching the…

…Fuchsia exorticatica FUCHSIA excorticata – What better for the front of a border by the castle than the highly scented Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum’ / ’Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’. The two plants are…

…a herbaceous border. Caragana arborescens ‘Walker’ Caragana arborescens ‘Walker’ First flowers out on a Rhododendron yakusimanum. Rhododendron yakusimanum Rhododendron ‘Graziella’ is well worth growing but a bit temperamental to get…

…cernuum was especially good. Worth Burncoose stocking this. Allium cernuum Allium cernuum Gillenia trifoliata – an entirely new herbaceous perennial to me and an excellent border filler. Gillenia trifoliata Gillenia…

…the demise of this old, original tree. Rehderodendron macrocarpum Massive flowers shoots forming on Schefflera delavayi. Untouched by the drought. Schefflera delavayi Borderline dead large Rhodendron sinogrande with minimal new…

…borders. alstromeria alstromeria Fuchsia exorticatica still has an odd flower left but the seed pods are swelling. People often ask us at shows ‘how long a plant flower for’? They…

…daisy, was swamping all its neighbours. Dandelion flowers and leaves (but hairy). South African origin and a thug of a plant in any border. Arctotheca populifolia Arctotheca populifolia A gigantic…

…without a single blemish. Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ Galega x hartlandii ‘Alba’ a riot of colour in the white border. A new plant to me. Galega x hartlandii…

…a few flowers! Itea yunnanensis Calycanthus chinensis Calycanthus chinensis 2017 – CHW A trip to Eddington’s Nursery outside Nettlestone. Last year everything was new. Now the sample herbaceous border has…

…for late July in a border. Coreopsis ‘Rum Punch’ Salvia ‘Icing Sugar’ is yet another ‘new’ one of these tender things but quite nice. I wonder who raised all these….

…Lobelia excelsa will become popular – a very odd flowering habit. It would grow much taller than this in a border. Lobelia excelsa Lobelia excelsa 2017 – CHW First trip…