7th August

…foliage contrast. Agapanthus ‘Silver Moon’ 2020 – CHW After two days of welcome rain and drizzle everything looks fresh. The very pink and pale form of Hydrangea aspera var. sargentiana…

31st December

…another ‘Mary Costa’ but this is rather better. Completely unfrosted. Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ I had been expecting Rhododendron ‘Crossbill’ to show any day but nothing yet on…

14th September

…vulgaris ‘Silver Fox’ Calluna vulgaris ‘Silver Fox’ We have over 200 new catalogue entries already and plenty more I expect to go into proof number two but, this year, we…

2nd January

…back. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ well out now. Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ and a pinkish (unnamed) form of Camellia japonica near the tallest veitchii. Camellia japonica Another…

8th August

…good beside C. tomentosa and is a good border shrub. Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spires’ Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spires’ Clethra kaipoensis flowering for the first time here. An upright tall growing…

18th November

…shedding many flowers in this exceptionally early flowering autumn. Camellia ‘November Pink’ Camellia ‘November Pink’ Camellia ‘November Pink’ Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’, planted in 2017, putting on a fair show…

16th November

…together. Tilia kiusiana and Liriodendron chinense Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ turns from green to brown. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ and the contrasting Liriodendron chinense. Magnolia obovata…

9th November

…‘Plantation Pink’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ just opening. Only these two showing in the Beatrice Fleur Plantation out of nearly 40 different varieties. ‘Versicolor’ much the same…

25th October

…williamsii ‘November Pink’ in the Main Quarry. Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ We saw a male plant of Ilex cornuta in flower a week or…

6th June

…finally out but I have missed the gentle pink hue it first is. Paeonia ‘Moon River’ Dianthus ‘Shooting Star’ is a dwarfish pink with a good purple flower. Dianthus ‘Shooting…

29th July

…magnolia First flower almost out on Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’. At Tregrehan in the glasshouse both the white and red forms were full out last week. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’…

27th July

…seen it perform before. Nice contrast between the pink flowers and the dark leaves. Lagerstroemia indica ‘Rhapsody in Pink’ Lagerstroemia indica ‘Rhapsody in Pink’ Lagerstroemia indica ‘Rhapsody in Pink’ Lonicera…

30th June

…Watsonia arderneri Watsonia arderneri Even more lovely is the delicate pink Watsonia ‘Tresco dwarf pink’. Not dwarf at all in habit but the flowers are perhaps small by watsonia standards….

16th May

…an inch of rain yesterday. Cornus x rutgersensis ‘Stellar Pink’ Cornus x rutgersensis ‘Stellar Pink’ Cornus x rutgersensis ‘Stellar Pink’ Camellia japonica ‘Kramer’s Beauty’ still with good flower at the…

18th April

…Amelanchier lamarckii Amelanchier lamarckii Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ (one of the stellata/liliiflora ‘girls’) on Hovel Cart Road just above the Enkianthus. Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ Amelanchier interior does not have bronzy new…

10th March

…pictures of Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ just out. An Ian Baldick introduction from New Zealand previously called ‘Ian’s Giant…

11th February

…now need potting on. Boxes of liner sized plants Boxes of liner sized plants A lot of Schefflera taiwaniana liners in the delivery. Schefflera taiwaniana Camellia ‘Pink Clouds’ in the…

26th September

…Kniphofia rooperi Lobelia ‘Compton Pink’ was still looking splendid in the cash point. Lobelia ‘Compton Pink’ Lobelia ‘Compton Pink’ Colutea arborescens nearly over. Colutea arborescens Calliandra surinamensis with its first…

7th June

…of Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’. Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ The first flowers on Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ just emerging. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ First flowers just…

13th September

…other Cordylines and the Phormiums. Cordyline ‘Southern Splendour’ Cordyline ‘Southern Splendour’ Clematis ‘Silver Moon’ is a new addition to the 2020 Burncoose catalogue. Clematis ‘Silver Moon’ Pseudowintera ‘Moulin Rouge’ comes…