6th November

…usual on Meliosma veitchiorum. Meliosma veitchiorum First few flowers showing on Azalea ‘Hinomayo’. Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ The leaf is nearly off Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ a good month earlier than last year….

7th December

…but not its exceptional autumn colour. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ is still holding most of its leaves above the Erica arborea in full flower. Not unusual in…

11th November

…and, indeed, why they grow so quickly. Here Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ is still in full leaf while oak, ash, sycamore, chestnut and beech have long shed. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Over…

16th November

…‘Pink Flush’ 2021 – CHW The enormous Camellia taliensis is now full out. Camellia taliensis Camellia taliensis The buds have all rotted on a young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’. I think…

28th November

…a blue sky. monkey puzzle Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ catching the sun by the cash point. Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Leaf drop nearly complete on Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’. A bit earlier than last year…

10th December

…the farm which has now to be tested and signed off by Animal Health. incinerator Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ has still not shed its leaves but very close now two weeks…

27th January

…deer 2023 – CHW A warmer week and more camellias begin to show.Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’. Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’ Camellia japonica ‘Kick Off’. Jaimie grew this plant from a cutting 26…

29th January 1897 – 2020

…has a few deceit flowers. pale form The buds on Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ have shed their outer secondary coating presumably in the wind. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ However the magnolia the…

18th June

…laxiflora var. macrostachya Carpinus cordata. Carpinus cordata Carpinus cordata Carpinus caroliniana. Carpinus caroliniana Juglans microcarpa. Juglans microcarpa Juglans microcarpa 2022 – CHW Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’ in the Isla Rose…

12th March 1897 – 2020

…oak collection was properly transferred into a new trust at Chevithorne Manor to protect it. 2015 – CHW Magnolia ‘Susanna van Veen’ MAGNOLIA ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Susanna van Veen’ superb…

14th February 1897 – 2020

…second Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ lookalike below the Four in Hand. Although from the same seed pod as the original and quite nice it is nothing like the original despite the…

26th June

…(FMWJ 13156) This 15 year old Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ needs digging out. It never recovered from the 2018 Beast and keeps trying to flower in the autumn which inevitably causes…

13th June

Belle’ with its first smallish flower. This is a good hybrid which we grow elsewhere here and is occasionally offered on the Burncoose website. Magnolia sinensis x sieboldii ‘Jersey Belle’…

3rd April

…two flowers on a young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’. Smallish and slightly frosted but better than nothing! Below the track along White Styles Field on the way to Old Park. Magnolia…

7th June

…‘Southern Belle’ smelling disgusting (as it was last week)! Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ smelling about ok with a hint of lemon! Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata…

19th February

…long gone leaving this unwelcome straggles. rubus cockburnianus Overnight the Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ is out. Astounding how they rush on when the temperature is 12-14°c and there is no sun….

1st March

…Pink’ 2023 – CHW The Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ seedling on Bond Street is good today in the sun. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Lamellyn’ on the drive has rather fewer…

11th March

…Here a Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ which will not be wasting any energy this year on its flowers! Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ One day on and the beech tree above Higher Quarry…

18th March

…different species, hybrids or cultivars in three vases M. ‘Caerhays Belle’, M. ‘Philip Tregunna’ & M. ‘Lanarth’ (Seedling) – 1st and The Lamellen Cup for best exhibit M. ‘Caerhays Belle’,…

25th March

…heavily scented. Camellia trichocarpa Camellia trichocarpa Camellia japonica ‘Kramers Supreme’ Camellia japonica ‘Kramers Supreme’ Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’ Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’ Camellia ‘Scentuous’ x Camellia lutchuenensis Camellia ‘Scentuous’ x Camellia lutchuenensis…