7th May

…Buddleia salvifolia Fagus sylvatica ‘Zlatia’ has soft yellow leaves at first (as here) but they turn green later. Fagus sylvatica ‘Zlatia’ I am assuming this is the copper leaf coloured…

2nd February

…strong SW wind. the park The lower leaves on x Eriobotrya ‘Coppertone’ heavily pruned by deer. x Eriobotrya ‘Coppertone’ More flowers on the peculiarly coloured Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomium but…

9th May

…fairly rare for us to see self-sown seedlings emerging but after last summer’s heat copper beech, birch and conifer seedlings have appeared on mossy banks above the fernery. self-sown seedlings…

15th April

…The Coach House The Coach House Half the floor removed in the Old Copper House office which once had rows of desks like pews in a church. Appalling rot in…

19th March

…Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ at its best. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ 2021 – CHW A quick trip to Burncoose to get quotes from tree surgeons for work at The Copper House. Pieris…

22nd April

…future and the Copper House development project. Dog walking and a television engineer failed to interrupt us. Toona sinensi ‘Flamingo’ in the show tunnel was superb but its leaves will…

11th December

…place. A row of Quercus ilex which will have copper beech planted alternately between them in due course. Quercus ilex The second load of magnolias and other varieties arrives from…

21st June

…some rare oaks or something with copper leaves that will show up from the drive as you look across. Ross is now moving on to do the same more clearing…

29th March

…early this morning to sort out the route for the new 3 phase electric supply to the Copper House and Nursery. As we stand discussing where to dig across the…

19th November

…a Cornish copper or tin mine, many of them have no idea of the history of Cornwall…so it sets the Williams family and the collection in context.”Courtenay Smale, author and…