…cavalerei var. platypetala Michelia cavalerei var. platypetala Michelia floribunda var. tonkinensis (WWJ 11982) with a few flowers high up. Not as many flowers as last year. Michelia floribunda var. tonkinensis…

…tonkinense. Polyspora axillaris var. tonkinense Polyspora axillaris var. tonkinense 2020 – CHW Erica arborea out in flower already but not every clump as yet. Erica arborea Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink Champagne’)…

…crumpled as last years flowers. Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana var. australis ‘Satellite’ covered in flower. Magnolia virginiana var. australis ‘Satellite’…

…visit to Burncoose for meetings.Our Burncoose stock plant of Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica Tennant’ by the mist houses. Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica Tennant’ Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica…

…x (laevifolia x maudiae) Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) planted in 2016. Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Amabilis’ just coming out. I…

…last year, vivid red new female cones and male flowers. A tremendous show today. Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Magnolia ‘Dark Shadow’ is…

…bungei Duclouxii Group As is Halesia macgregorii. Halesia macgregorii Another Clethra pringleyi with flowers nearly over. Clethra pringleyi First flowers high up on Polyspora axillaris var. tonkinense. Polyspora axillaris var.…

…on Camellia tsaii – earlier than usual. Camellia tsaii Looking good today at Burncoose in the nurseries and gardens: Abutilon ‘John Thompson’ Abutilon ‘John Thompson’ Plectranthus effusus var. longifolius Plectranthus…

…annual GWCT Clay Shoot A virtually leafless Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’. If it survives there will be severe die back and pruning to do. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’…

…this old Pinus insignis 2016 – CHW The one seed pod on the Magnolia officinalis var biloba is maturing but not yet ripe. Magnolia officinalis var biloba Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’…

…‘Leonard Messel’ The flowers are not quite out on Sarcocca hookeriana var. digyna. It will not be long. Sarcocca hookeriana var. digyna 2017 – CHW The elderly Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’…

…two further along into its first flowering (M. sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ x M. campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’). M. sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ x M. campbellii var. mollicomata ssp….

…sargentiana var robusta Magnolia sargentiana var robusta Magnolia sargentiana var robusta In the ririei opening we have Magnolia mollicomata (left) and Magnolia sargentiana robusta (right) and Magnolia campbellii Alba (back)…

…tri-lobed leaves. Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei The blown over and cut back Catalpa bungei Duclouxii group (as I see we must now call it) is already…

…if correctly labelled? Paeonia ‘Oukan’ Paeonia ‘Oukan’ Paeonia ‘Oukan’ Paeonia ‘Isononami’ Paeonia ‘Isononami’ Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii – a very fine large flowered form Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii – a…

…villosa var. laevis with loads of fruit. Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. zolleringeri with rather less. Photinia villosa var. laevis The 10 or so new Hedychiums are planted…

…var. williamsii. Primula obconica subsp. werringtonensi Primula reidii var. williamsii Ross had now started work clearing the fallen Ilex oak at The Vean. A nearby ash tree has also been…

…nivea var. yunnanensis Buddleia nivea var. yunnanensis Flower buds well formed on Asimina triloba alongside the leaf petioles. An odd shape which I had not taken in before. Asimina triloba…

…‘Midnight Variegated’ – the variegation is on the outside of the outer petals and only evident on fallen flowers. Camellia ‘Midnight Variegated’ Camellia ‘Midnight Variegated’ An elderly Rhododendron sutchuenense. Not…

…sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ only 8 weeks after flowering. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Seed heads on Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ are still green and unripe 4-6 weeks after flowering. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ 2022 –…