16th December

…CHW Two new plants for the soon to be published 2018 Burncoose catalogue and website.Schefflera gracilis is a small growing shrub here with an extended flower spike and creamy white

Visit to Tregrehan – 3rd November 2018

…gave us a plant a few years ago. White flowers before the leaves appear. Enkianthus serrulatus Rehderodendron kwangtungense with no discernible autumn colour as yet and no seeds this year…

13th October

…plants The 3 new items on the Burncoose website needing more pictures. Vaccinium dunalianum var. magaphyllum was originally a gift from Rod White. Now a thriving large shrub and covered…

23rd June

white form of Rhododendron viscosum. The pink form is in Old Park on the top ride below the gunnera. Gorgeous scent. Rhododendron viscosum A new enclosure for the car park…

26th June

…corymbosum which are just starting to change colour. Vaccinium corymbosum Camellia japonica ‘Kitty’ is always a reliable flowerer well into July. Pure white flowers in the shade but far more…

30th December

…zenii 2019 – CHW The third overcast day in a row with no wind and, surprisingly, still no rain. Bucking the recent trend.First flowers on a young Camellia x williamsii…

Tregrehan Gardens Visit – 15th March 2019

…with a flower Podocarpus matudae with huge podocarps Illicium mexicanum in full flower Rhododendron prostitum seedlings. Pink at first fading to near white. Rhododendron rireii – the best form I…

3rd November

…dad 30 years ago and it does not look that out of place today. A New Zealander by an ancient white camellia and under a Chinese maple. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax…

24th October

…am less sure of this one but I think it is grey spotted amanita – Amanita excelsa var. spissa – if only because of the white frills which you can…

7th November

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