18th October

…unigemmata. Woodwardia unigemmata Woodwardia unigemmata Woodwardia unigemmata Sorbus zahlbruckneri with small crab apple like fruits. Sorbus zahlbruckneri Ilex fargesii subsp. fargesii var. fargesii (what a mouthful!) acquired from Pan-Global Plants….

29th October

…be in full flower in December. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Berries are not usually obvious on Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla but the more upright and older mature plants do have some…

3rd November

…cinnabarinum subsp. xanthocodon Concatenans Group. What a mouthfall of a name. It was once just Rh. concatenans! Rhododendron cinnabarinum subsp. xanthocodon Concatenans Group Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ getting going properly…

12th November

…with yellow and red in each leaf. Acer takesimense Acer takesimense Acer japonicum nearly leafless. Acer japonicum Prunus ‘Horinji’ Prunus ‘Horinji’ Tilia endochrysa turning yellow. Tilia endochrysa Acer sterculiaceum subsp.

16th November

…sasanqua ‘Winter’s Dream’ Berries turning colour now in profusion on Ilex perado subsp. perado. Ilex perado subsp. perado First time flowering that I have seen of Azalea ‘Glendoick Glacier’ –…

20th November

subsp. robusta outside the front gate. What a long laster this is. Hydrangea aspera subsp. robusta The Ginkgo biloba is changing colour but has remained green for longer than I…

6th December

…green leaf still left on Magnolia dawsoniana. Magnolia dawsoniana Hydrangea aspera subsp. robusta still has good colour three months after it first came out. Hydrangea aspera subsp. robusta 2020 –…

11th December

…CHW Still flowers persist on Rhododendron cinnabarinum subsp. xanthocodon Concatenans Group. They have been out for at least 6 weeks. About as long as the silly name for what used…

21st January

…recently at Burncoose and in nursery plants Pseudosasa japonica – common Cornish windbreak plant which flowered circa 30 years ago. Some isolated survivors at Burncoose. Arundinaria gigantea (possibly subsp. tecta)…

16th December

…side shoots from the base. Oreopanax incisus Oreopanax incisus 2019 – CHW A wonderful photograph in Jim Gardiner’s Christmas card: This is a picture of Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Jim…

23rd December

…damaged flowers on Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi What an overnight gale can do to a camellia in full flower. overnight gale The only time in recent…

8th January

…berries on Ilex perado subsp. perado. Ilex perado subsp. perado Camellia ‘Sugar Dream’ gets better and better! Camellia ‘Sugar Dream’ Camellia ‘Sugar Dream’ A few very pale and poor flowers…

25th January

…large leaved rhododendron species which has grown here for six to seven years below Donkey Shoe. Honey fungus The buds on the New Zealand form of Magnolia mollicomata subsp. Lanarth…

26th January

…CHW Filthy wet day but much milder.This is a graft of Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ which was taken from one of the original wild collected Lanarths growing at the…

21st February 1897 – 2020

…Trewithen’s is plastered? Asia needs to collect quickly before they fall. Schima wallichii First flowers on Rhododendron arboreum subsp delavayi but too high up to photograph. This is a nearby…

12th September

…sort out.Hoya lanceolata subsp. bella in flower. Hoya lanceolata subsp. bella Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lemont’ out already. Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lemont’ Tetradium daniellii showing autumn colours. Tetradium daniellii…

29th February 1897 – 2020

…1955 and say 2005. Smart labels still to be produced by Karol. The plant list is attached. Tin Garden Ilex perado subsp. perado laden with ripe red fruits. The best…

25th March 1897 – 2020

…discover a nice clump of three youngish Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi by Georges Hut. Just one flower left. The original plant is on its last legs and will be dead…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…this was a grafted Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’. We did not! Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’ Wonderful bark on Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. rigida which had flowered for…

1st March 1897 – 2020

…an Exbury form which we have not stocked before. It will not be out for six weeks. Rhododendron williamsianum ‘White Form’ Rhododendron williamsianum ‘White Form’ Rhododendron calostrotum subsp riparium Nitens…