14th May

…than Tamarix ramosissima which has always grown here. Tamarix tetandra Tamarix tetandra Despite a heavy pruning this year Wisteria floribunda ‘Violacea Plena’ still has a few racemes of double flowers…

22nd May

…‘Narcissiflorum’ on the drive are just coming out. Double hose-in-hose flowers and new into the Burncoose catalogue this year. No scent as yet. Azalea ‘Narcissiflorum’ An excellent show at the…

25th May

…not yet have this. Styrax formosanus var. hayatiana 2023 – CHW Magnolia ‘Sunset Swirl’ is rather similar to ‘Peachy’, ‘Daybreak’ and ‘Flamingo’. Not bad at all though. Magnolia ‘Sunset Swirl’…

27th April

…Citrus ichangensis with its ‘double’ leaves. Citrus ichangensis Magnolia liliifera. Magnolia liliifera Persea bracteata. Persea bracteata Ilex integra. Ilex integra Ilex integra Pittosporum crispulum. Pittosporum crispulum Paeonia mlokosewitschii. Paeonia mlokosewitschii…

2nd December

…good home over the weekend. fallen ash Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall Pink’ with its drooping, pendulous habit has a nice double flower. A new one for us which will need to…

3rd December

…pink been out for 3 weeks, also Engine House double white. Lapagerias good, some fuchsias still nice. Rho lutescens a lot out and very many other odd bits. Yellow Hammer…

6th December

…blooms of Camellia on separate plants, very heavy , moors have taken a lot of water. 1932 – JCW No Camellia japonica open but the double white. Cold S.E wind…

24th December

…spell and easterly gales. 1941 – CW Camellias out – oleifera, double white (Engine House), and a few speciosa hybrids. Cam sasanqua nearly over. Rho mucronulatum very good. Also a…

9th December

…and truly loaded. 1951 – CW Everything late. Cam oleifera good – November Pink has about 20 flowers and 2 vases in hall. Cam sasanqua almost over. One double white…

10th December

…Cotoneaster salicifolia and Camellia sasanqua including Delavay’s decorum, and the Maddeni hybrid in the hall. 1918 – JCW The Engine House double white camellia is beautiful. R dahuricum and R…

18th December

…traps operating well in this cold snap. Here a double whammy with conkers being the attraction. Squirrel traps Ripening seeds on Schefflera delavayi. Schefflera delavayi This was planted as Camellia…

23rd December

…the frost. Erica darleyense quite nice. Some lapagerias left and odd roses. Plenty of Camellias out, a big vase cut both speciosa hybrids and early double white from below Engine…

28th November

…Camellia ‘Mathotiana’ Camellia ‘Mathotiana’ 2017 – CHW The Camellia sasanqua clump below the greenhouse still full out – just double pinks today; the whites are over. Camellia sasanqua clump Camellia…

1st December

…however when finished until the wind blows again. 1940 – CW First Sutchuenense hybrids out also Arboreum thomsonii x. Camellia sasanqua, double white, speciosa and its light and dark pink…

29th October

…by the borehole are nearly over. Flowers variable in overall size and in the number of petals in each double flower. Camellia x hiemalis ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ Camellia x hiemalis ‘Sparkling…

25th November

…one rather battered double reddish flower. A plant only put in this year in a very open place. Camellia ‘Takinini’ Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ has one flower out but…

23rd November

…in the nursery is, as it should be, a double dark rich red. The plants outside at Caerhays shown a few days ago were much more purple-black than this. Camellia…

17th November

…were out. Camellia “Winter’s Charm” – only just out and the large seed pods seen earlier have dropped. Camellia “Winter’s Charm” Camellia “Winter’s Toughie” – a large semi double pink…

15th November

…as good as last year. Planted in 2009. Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ 2023 – CHW Magnolia ‘Peachy’ has good autumn colour today in the sun and…

13th November

…what we know today as Tregenna Castle Hotel in St Ives. newspaper article from 1871 The scalpings from the tarmac laying on the drive are spread over towards the double