28th April

…ago. Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ First flowers on another Magnolia lilliiflora ‘Holland Red’. Magnolia lilliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ ruined by the cold this year. Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Nice vases…

8th March

…‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ nearing its best. Magnolia…

19th August

…the weight of the berries. red berried Rowan tree red berried Rowan tree red berried Rowan tree On lower ground an even more laden tree. laden tree 2021 – CHW…

10th February 1897 – 2020

…better colour I suspect. Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ The magnolia above the Top Wall, a Magnolia ‘FJW’ seedling, is now full out and quite a sight from the…

23rd November

…of Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’. He wondered if it was Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ but its too dark a pink in colour. The leaf and habit is also all wrong…

6th December

…autumn colour First flowers on Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ in the same place as last year and more or less the same time. Slightly insipid and malformed flowers. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’…

15th January

…nursery in our new seed production house. Dodonea viscosa First flowers out on Edgworthia ‘Red Dragon’ at Burncoose. Edgworthia ‘Red Dragon’ An excellent new crop of customer information notice boards…

1st February 1897 – 2020

…– CHW Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ is starting to come out by Georges Hut. A very good red indeed and a Caerhays hybrid. About its normal flowering time. Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’…

13th March 1897 – 2020

…Zealand bred magnolias which normally come into their own later in the magnolia season are now earlier than the mollicomatas and sargentiana robustas. Notably ‘Ians Red’, ‘Shirraz’, ‘Red Lion’ and…

24th March 1897 – 2020

…x Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ 2019 – CHW Some nice things along Sinogrande Walk. Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ with its new leaves emerging. Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ Acer x…

22nd March 1897 – 2020

…their ‘sport’! First flowers showing on Magnolia dawsoniana and no frost damage. Magnolia dawsoniana Part of yesterday’s planting all staked and wired. yesterday’s planting A huge Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ now…

21st March 1897 – 2020

…macabeanum just about out. Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron macabeanum Our own Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ raised, named and registered but not bred by us. Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Magnolia ‘Tropicana’ Flowers further out on Rehderodendron…

7th March 1897 – 2020

…a red centre catches the eye. A horror compared to the wild ones yesterday. Tasteless or what? Odd daffodil with red centre Narcissus Mr Julian (a Narcissus cyclamineus hybrid grown…

5th March 1897 – 2020

…survived from what was originally a clump. red hybrid red hybrid Another pink hybrid amid a clump of FJW seedlings. pink hybrid pink hybrid Amid the rain the magnolias stand…

9th October

…seed tassels. Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ First black fruits ever on Crataegus chlorosarca. Crataegus chlorosarca Crataegus tanacetifolia covered in yellowish fruits. Crataegus tanacetifolia Crataegus tanacetifolia Crataegus…

20th October

Red’ on the Burncoose website. Hilliers states ‘striking shades of bright red and orange’. What I am seeing is hardly this but this is fairly typical of Cornwall’s mild climate…

8th June

…rather interrupting lunch! HRH visits the Cornwall Red Squirrel Project stand HRH visits the Cornwall Red Squirrel Project HRH visits the Cornwall Red Squirrel Project 2017 – CHW A wet…

12th September

…x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ Acer x conspicuum ‘Red Flamingo’ 2015 – CHW Ilex perado ‘Perado’ from the Canary Isles has been spread around the garden by birds feeding on its…

1st June

…double flowered Rhododendron fastuosum ‘Flore Pleno’. Rhododendron fastuosum ‘Flore Pleno’ Our own bred Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ named after an estate farm (as are several others). Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ Attractive new…

6th September

…a good month after it first started flowering. Buddleia lindleyana Buddleia lindleyana Seed heads on Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ An unusual combination – Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red