…Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ has a good yellow hue. Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ is changing nicely too. Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ Catalpa bignonoides ‘Aurea’ with secondary…

…Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ just out. Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ just out beside it. A strong colour this year although this 2003 planted…

…enjoying the heat. Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Just 2 seed heads left standing on Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ looking at its best. Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby…

…be going to perform this year. Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Carpinus omeiensis omiense still in leaf with no sign of any autumn colour. Carpinus omeiensis omiense Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’…

…rain during the day. Change of clothes at lunchtime.Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ just out. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ First flower on Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’. Camellia x williamsii…

Next Day > < Previous Day View 23rd January 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ just…

…Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. ‘J.C. Williams’. Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. ‘J.C. Williams’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ x M. ‘J. C. Williams’ (Hang) planted in 2018. Quite good but is there…

…and Azalea ledifolia Alba (Azalea ledifolium now apparently) is showing colour. Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest Pink’ has a few flowers out and so does Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ which is especially dark…

…January whereas Caerhays did not 5. The hybridisation work of Philppe de Spoelberg in crossing ‘Black Tulip’ and ‘Pickards Ruby’ with Caerhays bred hybrids (JCW, FJW) and the New Zealanders…

…Diva ‘Burncoose’ The colour of Magnolia ‘Shirazz’ is superb. Magnolia ‘Shirazz’ Magnolia ‘Shirazz’ First flowers in Tin Garden on the young (and as yet unnamed) Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x Magnolia…

…cross pollination today but no time for any of that with the flowers for Serena’s wedding on Saturday now taking precedence. In all we placed out about 60 magnolias today…

…another still day. We may be lucky tomorrow for the wedding. David and Jenny Knuckey (my long since retired partners from Burncoose) are doing Serena’s flowers. The nursery have failed…

…Another picture of sea mist taken from the Isle Rose clearing. You can just make out the wedding tent. sea mist 2022 – CHW To Burncoose to organise a large…

…magnolias the like of which no showbench at any flower show has ever seen for Serena’s wedding. 2000 – FJW Trevor’s digger left. Mags at their best – glorious weather….

…another example of the enormous cancellations paperwork trail. Justine is inundated with calls from our holiday let clients wanting to cancel (refund) or delay/postpone their holidays. The wedding cancellation/delay issues…

…bamboos. Queen wasps loved sharpening their tails in the sun on the bamboos and were easily swotted. Camellia ‘J C Williams’ Camellia ‘J C Williams’ A wedding venue inspection party…

…apart from the pigeon cage and a few Magnolia ‘Susan’ in an avenue up some steps. The owner suggested we might view their new wedding area but we declined. They…

…the borehole The trench across the car park to Beach Meadow so that water will now be available for wedding venues. This means that caterers will not have to bring…

…there, unless a legal exemption applies • weddings and funerals can go ahead with restrictions on numbers of attendees – 15 people can attend wedding ceremonies and receptions, 30 people…

…light when the blinds are down which they have been this year with no visitors. houseplant Another wedding photo from Serena and Neil (plus Saffron) in the fernery. My father…