15th April

…Wim Rutten the founder of Magnoliastore (1940-2006). Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ (M. ‘Forrest’s Pink’ x M. ‘Marilyn’) Magnolia ‘Wim Rutten’ (M. ‘Forrest’s Pink’ x M. ‘Marilyn’) Pomaderris apiculata now out in…

8th April

…for us to stock at Burncoose. What a display! Easy selling name too. Epimedium ‘Pink Champagne’ Epimedium ‘Pink Champagne’ Epimedium ‘Pink Champagne’ 2016 – CHW The two hectare plantation of…

3rd April

…the show this weekend. Prunus ‘Pink ‘Perfection’ Prunus ‘Pink ‘Perfection’ Prunus ‘Pink ‘Perfection’ Euptelea polyandra has interesting bark. Just leafing up as a young plant on Bond Street. Euptelea polyandra…

10th April

…Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ in the, now emptied, cash point. You can see the ‘touch’ here rather well. Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Rhododendron augustinii ‘Penheale Blue’…

7th September

…Crataegus horridus did not have any large prickles or spikes. It does! Crataegus horridus 2023 – CHW I looked at Gingko biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ and wondered why it was turning…

7th May

…Garden. Rhododendron davidsonianum ‘Caerhays Pink’ Rhododendron davidsonianum ‘Caerhays Pink’ Here is the more normal colour for comparison. normal colour for comparison The second and proper spring flowering of Paulownia tomentosa…

22nd April

…they are not flowering that well this year and the recent rains has bashed the flowers. A newly planted Magnolia ‘Rominas Pink’. Magnolia ‘Rominas Pink’ Amelanchier laevis ‘R.J. Hilton’. Amelanchier…

29th September

…today as Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Pink Champagne’ but we were given it by John Bond at Windsor under the first name. Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’ Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’…

25th September

…and infection which you now see? Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ I went to see if there were any small black cherries left…

2nd August

…paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ – a newer form planted only five years ago on the bank of The Fernery….

11th July

…a hydrangea and there are no outer florets or petals at all. Hydrangea arborescens ‘Eco Pink Puff’ Hydrangea arborescens ‘Eco Pink Puff’ Hydrangea arborescens ‘Eco Pink Puff’ Agreed to swop…

25th June

…Styrax japonica ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonica ‘Pink Chimes’ Styrax japonica ‘Pink Chimes’ 1990 – FJW Rosa filipes ‘Kiftsgate’ by Front Gate – excellent. 1989 – FJW Styrax japonica out as…

9th April

Pink’ nearly full out although the ‘touch’ at the tip of the tepals is hard to see here. Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Ucodendron whartonii with its witch hazel flowers for,…

11th April

…Cake’ A bit more like it was Magnolia ‘Angelica’ which has grown well but is just another pure white with a flash of pink at the base. Pink going on…

21st November

…sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ gets better and better. Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ I had hoped to see a flower on Camellia trichocarpa but the buds are still…

7th April

…holocarpa ‘Innocence’ now fully out below the main fernery. The darker pink form was well over before this light pink form came out. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’ Storm Kathleen is the…

14th October

…flowers high up on the second ancient and slightly darker pink Camellia sasanqua. darker pink Camellia sasanqua darker pink Camellia sasanqua The first slightly lighter pink one is now making…

10th December

…pods are forming on what was a huge flower spike on such a small plant. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi 2017 – CHW After finding ‘Cornish Snow’ was out…

23rd July

…new leasehold tenants in The Old Packing Shed who are producing ‘Wild Spirit’ a nearly non-alcoholic bubbly drink. We had a bottle in the heatwave. A first flower spike with…

8th November

…‘Winter’s Joy’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Joy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Joy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Glow’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Glow’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’….