…elm (Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia) with decent autumn colour just above Roger’s Quarry. Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia Planting and wiring complete by the fallen acer and on all the December…

…ancient Magnolia salicifolia. Magnolia salicifolia Magnolia denudata ‘Fragrant Cloud’ has just one flower. Magnolia denudata ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ now nearly out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Cotoneaster cordifolius ‘Ogisu’ with…

…a nice pinkish-red. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ Hedychium tengchongense (WWJ 11964) just out. Hedychium tengchongense (WWJ 11964) Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ just outside my office window. Plenty of buds yet…

…just started to be used by holiday makers at that time. cutting from The Times in September 1924 This is Kel at the very top of the Abies grandis yesterday….

…Photinia villosa just starting to turn orange. Photinia villosa A well gnawed old lead label for Pittosporum daphniphyllum. Why do squirrels like these original lead labels so much? Few survived…

…‘Golden Oriole’ just coming out amid the first snowflakes. Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole’ Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole’ Rhododendron ciliialyx just out too. More fool the plant as it feels now. Rhododendron ciliialyx…

…it has not subsequently been registered and named. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Caerhays Surprise’ Just a few flowers this year on the original (true) Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ which was hit…

…colour. Snowdrops just at their best. 1901 – JCW Minimus at its best, a few minor, nothing else except seedling trumpets. 1900 – JCW Minor only just shows the bud…

…are open. 1933 – JCW Just as in 1919, just a few Camellia japonica open. 1919 – JCW Wilson’s Cotoneaster salicifolia is most brilliant and Mr Ivey says it has…

…Cephalotaxus fortunei laden with flowers and pollen. Cephalotaxus fortunei Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ just about to show. Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Ilex kingiana with…

…Clifford Parks’ just out. Camellia reticulata ‘Dr Clifford Parks’ Camellia reticulata ‘Dr Clifford Parks’ 2019 – CHW This is Michelia macclurei flowering for only the second time at Burncoose. Owen…

…mollicomata Sadly we have lost the label of this Prunus with a very upright habit. Flowers just going over. Prunus Prunus A young Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ just coming out in…

…has reverted to having just pure yellow leaves. Hydrangea ‘Quadricolor’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ by Hovel Turning is just out. No pink visible yet. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Pink Diamond’ Hydrangea paniculata…

…hydrangea 2022 – CHW Some light rain overnight but not enough. I cannot get over the growth of Acacia baileyana in just two years in this hot spot above the…

…just out – a wonderful plant. agapanthus agapanthus agapanthus agapanthus You can just see the tree surgeon dismembering a huge turkey oak in the new clearing. tree surgeon 2016 –…

…but shaping up into a decent tree. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Flowers on Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ just beginning to emerge. Gorgeous yellow. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Flowers just starting to open on Rhododendron…

…flowers still on Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’. Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ Another good clump of Rhododendron maddenii near Tin Garden just opening. Very few flowers this year. Rhododendron…

…of the ground in the gales in the Rookery. two rhododendrons blown out of the ground two rhododendrons blown out of the ground Camellia japonica ‘Konronkoku’ just out on Rookery…

…Alba’ x M. x veitchii ‘Rubra’ hybrids. Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Treve Holman’ – just one bud. Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Treve Holman’ Magnolia ‘Tina Durio’ – Gresham…

…of easterly gales. Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ Rhododendron ‘Chink’ is semi-evergreen. Grows just below the bishop. Rhododendron ‘Chink’ Rhododendron ‘Chink’ Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’; one of several now getting established in…