…Arctotheca populifolia, beach 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…

…few more new plant entries for 2017: Agastache ‘Blackadder’ is an attractive late flowering dark blue purple. Quite a show in a herbaceous border for September and growing to about…

…Lonicera 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…

…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…

…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…

…if we can obtain any other hardy tropaeolum varieties? Tropaeolum ciliatum Tropaeolum ciliatum The old fashioned alstromeria which has grown, seeded and suckered itself in several borders. alstromeria alstromeria Fuchsia…

…common woodland garden wildflower (or invasive weed in a border) which I had never even thought about naming until now. This is Circaea lutetiana or Enchanter’s Nightshade which is a…

…chinensis Calycanthus chinensis 2017 – CHW A trip to Eddington’s Nursery outside Nettlestone. Last year everything was new. Now the sample herbaceous border has run riot. Lots of new things…

…leaves, another bicolour with a stupid name. Gaura ‘Freefolk Rosy’ Coreopsis ‘Rum Punch’ – reddish with a hint of orange. A good show again for late July in a border….

…a very odd flowering habit. It would grow much taller than this in a border. Lobelia excelsa Lobelia excelsa 2017 – CHW First trip to Ventnor Botanic Gardens. Rudbeckia maxima…

…(pre Chinese) daffodil era. Still perhaps the nicest escallonia I know and a freestanding shrub for the shrub border not even a faintly hedging variety. As it is a Caerhays…

…is by Andre Gayraud and complements Michael Dirr’s book on the same subject published in 2007. Gayraud’s book on Cornus has been especially helpful in identifying our 1991 planted Cornus…