28th January

…with. The Rhododendron mucronulatums are nearly over but the new season’s growth is already evident. A very quick turnaround despite the recent cold. Rhododendron mucronulatums Rhododendron mucronulatums Another honey fungus…

20th October

…and trained onto a trellis structure. Viburnum betulifolium Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ has one surprise secondary flower outside the front gate. Another plant in this group is currently dying of honey

7th May

…out in Kennel Close and more to come. (M. acuminata subsp. cordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ x M. ‘Elizabeth’). Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Rhododendron luteiflorum full out. Rhododendron luteiflorum First flowering of the…

22nd April

…Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ with its first flower – two others frosted in bud. Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Quercus fleuryi struggles on – too tender I fear. Quercus fleuryi Michelia ‘Touch of…

20th April

‘Honeybelle’. Quite a nice shape as it opens but small, fading to crap! Magnolia ‘Honeybelle’ Magnolia ‘Honeybelle’ A group of three Rhododendron aberconwayi performing nicely. Slow growing. Rhododendron aberconwayi Rhododendron…

10th May

…idea but it came from Thornhayes nursery. Prunus jo-nioi Prunus jo-nioi A plant in the sales point of Magnolia ‘Honey Tulip’ is good for a first flowering. It is the…

25th April

…The tall growing form of Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ 1987 planted. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ just out. I have seen it much better elsewhere, but this is only its…

28th June

…the Four in Hand. Huge flowers and lots of them but only planted in 2013! Styrax japonica Styrax japonica Honey fungus time of the year now and a recent casualty…

12th January

…look like honey fungus. It was just starting to flower well. Lindera triloba Camellia champetre ‘Fairy Blush’ is nicely out but only just two years from planting. Camellia champetre ‘Fairy…

2nd July

…gigantic Freylinia lanceolata, honey bells – here its woody trunk which we have never seen on our stock plant at Burncoose by the mist houses where it is a shrub…