…40 years since the business started. Rhododendron ‘Tally Ho’ splendid on the Drive today. Rhododendron ‘Tally Ho’ Deutzia x hybrida ‘Strawberry Fields’ just coming out. In a day or two…

…soulangeana). Magnolia x veitchii ‘Avocet’ Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ – unimpressive as it is here. This is another Lunaplant/Gottschalk hybrid – M. ‘Purple Globe’ x M. ‘Joe McDaniel’. Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’…

…‘Little Prince’ A self sown wild strawberry in flower – Fragaria vesca. Pity to pull it out. Fragaria vesca I have been trying to photograph Dianthus ‘Mrs Sinkins’ for three…

…flowering I think. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Arbutus unedo full of flower nearby but all the strawberry fruits have already been eaten by the pheasants. This is one…

…very unripe Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Ripe and, as yet green and unripe, strawberry fruits on Cornus kousa. Cornus kousa Cornus kousa Very ripe and…

…this carrying off food (ie nuts, fruits and seeds – one with a whole Cornus kousa strawberry fruit in its mouth) in the afternoon sun. It is now a race…

…niitakayamensis First flowers on Camellia oleifera. Camellia oleifera Camellia oleifera 2018 – CHW Cornus capitata with the largest strawberry fruits that I have ever seen. Two young trees grown from…

…the sun. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Flower buds forming on Heptacodium miconoides. Heptacodium miconoides Cornus kousa ‘Gloria Birkett’ putting on a great show of flower as usual. Its strawberry fruits…

…A wonderful plant which Burncoose now stocks. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Cornus kousa ‘Gloria Birkett’ with a tremendous crop of strawberry fruits as last year….

…put a close second to Deutzia ‘Strawberry Fields’; quite a bit later into flower too than most other deutzia species and not all the racemes come out at once. Best…