27th September

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW (images to follow) 2023 – CHW Ross has started to clear the giant…

19th April

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Rhododendron orbiculare flowering nicely below the main ride. Rhododendron orbiculare Quite a…

20th April

…worth growing as an oddity or odd yellow. US not Brussels provenance though. This year so far it is a far better yellow than ‘Yellow Bird’ but not usually. ‘Yellow

10th March

…‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Fire Glow’ (Magnolia cylindrica x Magnolia denudata ‘Sawadas Pink’) Magnolia ‘Fire Glow’ Magnolia ‘Fire Glow’ Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ – Gresham hybrid unknown origin Magnolia…

12th March

…also has a national collection. Podocarpus spinulosus The second flowering (that I have seen) of Michelia maudiae below Slip Rail. The ‘tree’ is now nearly 20ft tall and loads of…

16th March

…flowerer. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Camellia campetre ‘Alpen Glow’ is delicate and well named. Camellia campetre ‘Alpen Glow’ Magnolia ‘Angelica’ is delicate and has improved with age (Magnolia cylindrica ‘Pegasus’ x Magnolia…

2nd June

…again – light pink with a yellow flare and a whitish stripe. whitish stripe whitish stripe whitish stripe Then a rather more conventional late flowering pale yellow. pale yellow pale…

29th December

…very first flowers out in the sun today on Rhododendron mucronulatum below the big Fernery. Rhododendron mucronulatum Yellow berries in small numbers only this year on Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’. Odd…

2nd May

…CHW The newly planted Euonymus monbeigii with surprising and vigorous new growth and emerging flowers below it in Kennel Close. Euonymus monbeigii Euonymus monbeigii Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’ with large…

3rd May

…and would have brought the plants with them.Ilex cornuta which we hope to add to the Burncoose catalogue next year from Asia’s successful propagation. A dense, squat, low growing and…