…– superb double new coloured growth. Prunus ‘Royal Burgundy’ – well worth stocking. Prunus ‘Royal Burgundy’ Prunus ‘Royal Burgundy’ Xanthorhiza simplicissima – the huge spreading clump which I first saw…

…Icicle’ (C. oleifera x C. williamsii ‘November Pink’) is, as you might expect when you think about it, rather a mess. Quite how this cross produced a double flower is…

…some hundreds of single Camellias. J.C.W out also double white and a few other doubles out. Rho mucronulatum, Yellow Hammer, white double Azalea and bits of one yellow below Hovel…

…chayes Wild honeybees are busy in a hole in an old sycamore where they have lived for years. honeybees Magnolia ‘Peachy’ in its full glory today below Slip Rail. Magnolia…

…‘Double Diamond’ – A better plant at Burncoose called M. denudata ‘Dubbel’. Magnolia denudata ‘Double Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Pickard’s Ruby’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Pickard’s Ruby’…

…is nothing startling when compared to other older clumps on the drive. Azalea mollis ‘Dr M Oosthoek’ Azalea mollis ‘Dr M Oosthoek’ A rather fine double daffodil. daffodil Azalea mollis…

…Camellia edithae is a little known Chinese species with spear like leaves and double red flowers. Camellia edithae Camellia edithae Camellia edithae This is where visitors are supposed to pose…

…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…

…regrowth. Deutzia longifolia Deutzia longifolia Azalea ‘Barthold Lazzer’ is the first of the 9 clumps of old fashioned Ghent azaleas to flower in Kennel Close. An attractive double flower. Azalea…

…double flowered Syringa vulgaris ‘Mme Antoine Buchner’ on Hovel Cart Road. Syringa vulgaris ‘Mme Antoine Buchner’ New things in Higher Quarry Nursery bed to go out next spring. Rhododendron ‘Tibet’…