…Choisya ‘Aztec Pearl’ Kerria japonica ‘Golden Guinea’ – foliage and flowers a nice contrast. Kerria japonica ‘Golden Guinea’ Kerria japonica ‘Golden Guinea’ Aesculus x neglecta ‘Erythroblastos’ – superb new growth….

…showers. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ with its autumn colours. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ Idesia polycarpa still with clusters of berries intact in the wind….

…cause of this variegation can become more pronounced after pruning. Camellia ‘Golden Spangles’ Camellia ‘Golden Spangles’ If you are interested I spent my first ever pocket money in 1964 on…

…out with leaf variegation showing. Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ One week on Prunus ‘Kursar’ is now nearly fully out in flower. What a delight…

…‘Golden Oriole’ just coming out amid the first snowflakes. Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole’ Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole’ Rhododendron ciliialyx just out too. More fool the plant as it feels now. Rhododendron ciliialyx…

…Rhododendron Golden Orieole var ‘Talavera’ Rhododendron Golden Orieole var ‘Talavera’ Magnolia sprengeri var diva faces the wind on the drive. Note the drooping branches of this pure form. Magnolia sprengeri…

…Does not like hot/full sun but holds its leaf colour right through the season. Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Secondary flowers on Magnolia “Todd’s Fortyniner” which had…

…Pterostyrax species nova Pterostyrax species nova Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x M. ‘Miss Honeybee’. Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x M. ‘Miss Honeybee’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x M. ‘Miss Honeybee’…

…another still day. We may be lucky tomorrow for the wedding. David and Jenny Knuckey (my long since retired partners from Burncoose) are doing Serena’s flowers. The nursery have failed…

…Lantoom Cornish pasty. Cornish pasty St. Ewe free range eggs – Caroline George. St. Ewe free range eggs Traditional stained glass. Traditional stained glass Sticker Woman’s Institute – Destination Wedding….

…magnolias the like of which no showbench at any flower show has ever seen for Serena’s wedding. 2000 – FJW Trevor’s digger left. Mags at their best – glorious weather….

…CHW Typically it’s raining again with high winds for the weekend. Not good news for the Spring Show at Wadebridge or for our wedding event in a tent in Beach…

…work last week in laying the main electric cable much deeper into the ground in Beach Meadow, our new wedding venue. At a previous event a tent pole hit the…

…unusual foliage. Rhododendron makinoi The wedding fair in full flow at Burncoose House. 2017 – CHW I thought this one growing below Slip Rail was Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Hattie Cartham’…

…the wisterias.Bees swarming the front door which Jaimie is trying to catch as they vanish through the vent and are now buzzing under our bedroom. Big (paying) wedding on the…

…pictures and information about Chelsea 2016 can be found on the Burncoose Nurseries website. 2015 – CHW Escape at once to avoid the wedding on the lawn. The groom’s parents…

…to bed. 2015 – CHW Recovering from the wedding revelry which went on on the lawn until 2.30am. Good income but a lot of hassle too and absolutely no photos…

…fizz (36 bottles for 24). No London traffic or weekend wedding celebration noise into the evening/night. Total quiet and a start to thinking about our 2016 catalogue. Karol (grumpy) and…

…Rhododendron yakushimanum? Rhododendron yakushimanum Rhododendron ‘Silberwolke’? Rhododendron ‘Silberwolke’? Rhododendron ‘Hachmann’s Polaris’ Rhododendron ‘Hachmann’s Polaris’ My rhododendron naming may be a bit inaccurate but these were taken during a wedding! 2021…

…of new coloured forms. yellow alstroemeria This Alchemilla mollis was planted here for Serena’s wedding a year ago. Alchemilla mollis The Sweet William are splendid in many colours. All self-sown….