11th May

…027064) is pictured here. The flowers do not have the purple veining I would expect from this species? Perhaps they are in fact Enkianthus chinensis or perhaps the veining will…

12th May

…Tromso, Norway. Inside the Arctic Circle! They has asked Burncoose for advice last May. Here are pictures of the plant last summer, then wrapping it in woolen socks and packing…

5th March

…plant might be wrongly named? This cross is M.‘Wada’s Picture’ x M. sprengeri ‘Diva’. I grant you that it could be but the picture is a far lighter colour in…

16th May

…the Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata seen yesterday and is paler than Jim Gardiner’s picture in the Eisenhut book. I do not remember M. fraseri flowering this early even in a…

9th March

…of attractive doubles – ‘Tamar Fire’ and ‘Gossmoor’. Poor pictures in the wind I am afraid. This is a young Magnolia ‘Chyverton Red’ opposite the daffodils. Blown open of course…

1st January

…posterity, I attach a copy of our 2023 Christmas card. This year only a few things pictured on it would actually have been in flower on Christmas day. More cold…

19th May

pictures of the developing stand pictures of the developing stand pictures of the developing stand pictures of the developing stand pictures of the developing stand pictures of the developing stand…

2nd June

…four plants together with pictures of his (supposed) Rhodoleia henryi. It looks identical to our plant of aff. parvipetala as he readily admits! picture of leaves Rhodoleia henryi Rhodoleia henryi…

4th June

…I am not quite convinced this is the right name. Rhododendron ‘Tortoiseshell Orange’ Rhododendron ‘Tortoiseshell Orange’ 2017 – CHW The Daily Telegraph has a picture of a 16ft tall Echium…

6th May

…chienii with attractive new growth. Pseudotaxus chienii New growth on a young Carya ovata. Carya ovata 2022 – CHW Jaimie sends me this picture of a blackbird nesting for the…