…Wild Ajuga growing in meadowland. Ajuga Ajuga Ilex castaneifolia in flower – once from Burncoose I think. Ilex castaneifolia Ilex castaneifolia A newly installed driftwood pig! driftwood pig Camellia ‘Bella…

…Another of the same One of the three original plants here of the wild collected Magnolia campbellii Alba. This one has seldom been seen but is an absolutely pure white….

…wild collected form, has a smallish flower with 12 tepals (ie more than usual). It is a late flowerer with more buds to come. Magnolia sprengeri Magnolia sprengeri Quercus semicarpifolia…

…sky. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Two very different clumps of bluebells outside the arch. The second lot are ‘Spanish’ bluebells and the first a decent cross between wild…

…Llanover Court garden. Darmeria peltata as a large clump. Darmeria peltata An unusual iris growing wild in grass. unusual iris A fine mature plant of Lithocarpus henryi with similar bark…

…10 days or so I have meant to picture the first ‘wild’ daffodils out in the garden by the Four in Hand. By today they have been blown to smithereens…

…usual here, going over.   The newspapers are full of stories of ‘early’ wild flowers and especially primroses and wild daffodils. However the diary proves that, cold winters with snow…

…which are now well over. Sarcococca salignus No sign of a snowdrop or a wild daffodil out yet despite what I read in the newspapers about snowdrops flowering last year…

…the wild I believe. Magnolia zenii 2017 – CHW A batch of newly bought in Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ and new to the Burncoose catalogue too. Superb 2L plants from…

…breeder of daylilies. They have survived and multiplied well. There are other clumps wild in the woodland. Hemerocallis There are four varieties out today which you can see here. They…