…Now it certainly is! Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Wisteria ‘Violacea Plena’ (syn ‘Black Dragon’) is a sparse flowerer with us but a pretty unique double flowered form well worth growing….

…Ilex kingiana Passing through Rookery Nursery we deadhead the three young Rhododendron ‘Barbarella’ to encourage new growth development in this dry spell. Rhododendron ‘Barbarella’ Rhododendron ‘Barbarella’ An elderly white wisteria…

…Rhododendron ‘Marcel Menard’ Rhododendron ‘Sneezy’ Rhododendron ‘Sneezy’ Clematis montana ‘Grandiflora’ and Wisteria ‘Caroline’. Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’ and Rosa banksiae ‘Alba Plena’ Then quickly back here. The nursery was not at…

…of pink as the flower trumpets open. Rhododendron ‘Mi Amor’ Rhododendron ‘Mi Amor’ Our other elderly plant of Rhododendron floccigerum which is being layered. Rhododendron floccigerum Wisteria floribunda ‘Violacea Plena’…

…usual, died down to the ground. Wisteria ‘Violacea Plena’ (‘Black Dragon’) is coming out. Unlike any other wisteria which Burncoose sells this has double flowers but no great scent. It…

…garden is full of surprises.A Wisteria floribunda ‘Rosea’ looking perfect. Wisteria floribunda ‘Rosea’ A hedging Mahonia in full flower with small leaves. Growing to 6-8ft with a similar spread. One…

…and his Irish friends Rhododendron ‘Duke of Cornwall’. Rhododendron ‘Duke of Cornwall’ First flowers on the wisteria. First flowers on the wisteria 2022 – CHW A slightly unsatisfactory show at…

…Quite a show a little further on. Quite a show A good dark form of Rhododendron augustinii. Rhododendron augustinii First colour on the ancient Playhouse wisteria. Playhouse wisteria Flower buds…

…pink in its creamy-white flowers. Rhododendron hanceanum First flowers showing on the old wisteria which we usually cut for Chelsea in about a month’s time most years. wisteria 2019 –…

…Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ The first wisteria flowers are starting to open by the Playhouse. wisteria The Trevarrick barns development is two to three months from completion. Not as on time…

…Clearly a house plant really but it does survive in the garden. Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ Magnolia ‘Purple Globe’ is not, as yet, even faintly ‘globe-like’. Magnolia ‘Purple Globe’ Wisteria flower…

…of Jasminum humile ‘Revolutum’ which we need to propagate as always out of stock at Burncoose. Several ancient wisteria I need to take a closer look at the several ancient…

…in and old brick lined frame above the Rockery and was never planted out. Now surrounded by wisteria and mahonia. This is a deciduous species which is quite rare, very…

…garden. The viaduct Good buds forming for next spring on his Magnolia campbellii. Magnolia campbellii Runner bean seeds already on Leslie’s wisteria. Runner bean seeds 2022 – CHW The drought…

…of new growth from the nearby wisteria. Erica arborea Erica arborea The new shop is getting there but by no means finished yet. new shop new shop new shop Sarcococca…

…good autumn colour by the gents’ loo long after the intertwined wisteria has shed its leaves. Actinidia deliciosa Actinidia deliciosa 2018 – CHW Storms bring down a tree on the…