26th March

…‘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’…

27th March

…new to the catalogue last year. Loropetalum ‘Carolina Moonlight’ Loropetalum ‘Carolina Moonlight’ New this year is Loropetalum ‘Ruby Snow’ with a sensational leaf/flower contrast. Loropetalum ‘Ruby Snow’ Loropetalum ‘Ruby Snow’…

3rd April

…‘Lennei’ x ‘Daybreak’ Camellia ‘Ruby Wedding’ is full out. Two plants by the Orchid House Nursery which I had forgotten. Camellia ‘Ruby Wedding’ Camellia ‘Ruby Wedding’ The Magnolia ‘Todds Fortyniner’…

7th November

…Saxifraga ‘Black Ruby’ Saxifraga ‘Black Ruby’ Libertia caerulescens – a very late flower with seed pods. Libertia caerulescens Sarcocca wallichii – no great smell yet and early. Sarcocca wallichii Sarcocca…

1st July

…from planting with all its leaves eaten on two branches. Betula ‘China Ruby’ Betula ‘China Ruby’ Flower heads emerging on Platycarya strobilacea together with secondary new growth. Need to collect…

12th February

…‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’ Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’ Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Eva…

2nd September

…– CHW Last few flowers on Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’. Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ Ripe seeds on a young Magnolia wilsonii up from the two Magnolia…

25th July

…finally getting away after a slow start from 14 years ago. Sequoiadendron giganteum Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ – the red bark has just peeled off the lower part…

15th January

…where we ripped out some poor Camellia reticulata seedlings in the spring. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ I attempted to see if Magnolia martinii had…

31st July

…sinensis Poliothrysis sinensis Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ in full flower and very fine indeed. By euonymus standards a very large flower. Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ 2019…