…profusely in the Rookery. Now that the Bond Street plant has split in half this will be a good substitute. Planted only in 2009. Magnolia ‘Burncoose White’ (or ‘Tennis Court’)…

…would probably die from the effort. Now the seeds have split asunder you can see that sadly I was right. Hardly a leaf left. The plant knew it was its…

…later this week as the half split huge abies tree above it gets felled for safety reasons. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’ Camellia grijsii is now full out and rather…

…‘Lipstick’. A wonderful dark anemone form but is it so different from Camellia ‘Anemoniflora’? Camellia ‘Lipstick’ Some split branches on Magnolia delavayi at the top of the garden so we…

…blown away. Rhododendron moupinense Branch split on Acacia cultriformis in the gales. Acacia cultriformis First flower on what I think is Camellia x williamsii ‘E G Waterhouse’ (next to Camellia…

…of the principal side branches has split badly and the tree has had to be completely reshaped with the whole side branch pruned out. In fact, as you can see,…

…of days to sort. The elderly silver fir at Donkey Shoe has split in half with half in the laurel hedge. A decent Rhododendron sinogrande has been flattened but it…

…The view down beside the walled garden Rhododendron wallichii which I mistakenly thought was Rhododendron davidii from a distance. Rhododendron wallichii A seedling Rhododendron sinogrande with split trumpets on a…

…and we had no idea about the wildlife park or golf course. Sadly the pretty island of Fota and its landscape have been split up. Fota House Phyllocladus trichomanoides as…

…split still further. cycad seed Clivia miniata full out in the tearooms. Clivia miniata Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ is a new one for the 2021 Burncoose catalogue. Here just coming…

…split off in the wind when in full leaf. Tilia mexicana Picea morrisonicola – a rare and graceful spruce from Taiwan. Mount Morrison spruce. Picea morrisonicola Picea morrisonicola Cedrus libani…

…‘Rosemary Williams’ Camellia cuspidata now full out in the Rookery. Only one plant. The rest are just starting. Camellia cuspidata Camellia cuspidata A huge beech tree has split out above…

…beech tree above Crinodendron Hedge split in half. Whenever you get two leaders in a young tree there is always a risk of such splits where the water gets between…

…and cuttings. Did any root last year? Rhododendron maddenii Rhododendron maddenii Ross has started to fell a few beech and sycamore trees above the greenhouse. One split in half a…

…house in the village is a Cotoneaster bullatus producing a fine show of berries. Cotoneaster bullatus Ross has felled the other half of the youngish beech tree which split in…

…Lantern’ is just coming out. A few years ago the wind split this plant nearly in two but the scar has now healed well as you can see clearly here….

…planted at Donkey Shoe to replace an old Abies grandis which split in two two years ago. Very different new growth to the old leaves. The tree is starting to…

…split in half. Jaimie’s team still has to fell a couple of overhanging trees and to pollard an elderly rhododendron. bonfire A tail end Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ (more ‘Scarlet’?) is…

…grandfather. There are two more at the Top Lodge but one split in half there early last autumn. In the last week this now nearly 40 year old tree has…

…Frankie has moved on to extracting more of the huge laurel clump in Old Park to give more room for sheltered new planting. laurel laurel A half split already and…