1st January

…with its odd golden central leaf variegation. Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangle’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangle’ A clump of garlic well up for New Year’s Day! clump of garlic…

6th March

…has lovely smooth bark. Rhododendron Golden Orieole var ‘Talavera’ Rhododendron Golden Orieole var ‘Talavera’ Magnolia sprengeri var diva faces the wind on the drive. Note the drooping branches of this…

3rd September

‘Golden Sunshine’ one year on from planting and 4ft already. This will be a new entry for the 2020 Burncoose website. Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ Salix…

31st January

…leaves. Oemleria cerasiformis Oemleria cerasiformis Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ full out with leaf variegation showing. Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ One week on Prunus…

26th May

…(Charles Williams) bought these? Azalea ‘Royal Command’ or ‘Golden Flare’ Azalea ‘Royal Command’ or ‘Golden Flare’ Very few bear any likeness to the relatively few varieties of well known deciduous…

29th September

…on Zanthoxylum simulans. Zanthoxylum simulans Quercus acutissima also eye catching today in a tunnel. Quercus acutissima Podocarpus ‘Golden Lady’ is a new entry in the 2023 catalogue and soon available…

29th March

…planted Magnolia ‘Summer Lady’ from Germany is not that exciting as yet but different. Magnolia ‘Summer Lady’ Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ with Michelia doltsopa behind it. Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum Rhododendron pseudochrysanthemum…

4th February

…‘Valentine’s Torch’ showing very little yellow this year in its blown open flowers. Magnolia campbellii ‘Valentine’s Torch’ Very first pendulous flowers out on Camellia x williamsii ‘Lady’s Maid’. Camellia x…

6th May

…visible today only where there are no flower buds. Rhododendron megacalyx Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ beside the greenhouse. Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ is just coming out rather later…

RHS Savill Garden Pictures 2018

…x thompsonii) Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Wonderful peeling park on this young Stewartia sinensis planted in 2008. Useful for my forthcoming stewartia article. Stewartia sinensis…