11th May

…rehderianaPterostyrax leveilleiPterostyrax psilophyllusStyrax jap ColumnarStyrax jap HymeStyrax jap SnowconeStyrax jap Jippei-Kawamure2015 – CHW Tom Hudson visits to view our growing enkianthus collection and to ponder the correct naming of some….

25th March

…x loebneri ‘Powder Puff’ Magnolia x loebneri ‘Powder Puff’ Young Rhododendron calophytums in the distance – one pink, one white. Young Rhododendron calophytums Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ is not bad with a…

3rd March

…for the first week in March. Gunnera manicata Gunnera manicata A young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ flowering away below White Stiles. young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ A good magnolia seedling at the…

24th February

…in grafted plant labelled ‘Alba’ young bought in grafted plant labelled ‘Alba’ Magnolia ‘Vairano’ (Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ x campbellii) is not bad. Burncoose now stocks this. Magnolia ‘Vairano’ Magnolia ‘Vairano’ 2014…

23rd February

…latifolia Ilex latifolia Ilex latifolia Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) in Forty Acres have survived the winter uneaten. Quite unusual. Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) You should never…

16th November

…very first flowers this year (blown open) of Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’. Variable in shape and form as ever. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’…

24th June

…of Rhododendron decorum at its best. Rhododendron decorum Styrax wilsonii now properly out with bees in attendance. Styrax wilsonii Styrax americanus is not quite out yet beside it. Styrax americanus…

26th March

…x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ Magnolia x veitchii ‘Peter Veitch’ The pure white single Camellia x williamsii ‘Francis Hanger’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Francis Hanger’ The unnamed…

29th May

…to replace. Ilex fargesii Ilex fargesii The exceptional Ilex nothofagifolia which has Nothofagus leaves and a tiered growth habit as a small tree. Ilex nothofagifolia Ilex nothofagifolia Ilex dipyrena –…

5th December

young plants young plants young plants The solution is, I think, if time permits, to literally cut off the remaining leaves in say late October. It will not harm the…