…var jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ The unknown to us Mahonia ‘Bokrafoot’ in full flower at the Savill Garden entrance. Well worth stocking by Burncoose. Mahonia…

…we have here. A worthy winner in Windsor on Saturday. Elderly (100 year old) Magnolia soulangeanas at the end of Penvergate making a real show. Another Magnolia ‘Apollo’ which is…

…had no label on arrival but I guess it is Mahonia gracilipes but I see that Windsor have produced a few named hybrids between M. gracilipes and Mahonia eurybracteata so…

…The variegated leaved Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ was a gift from Windsor. Autumn colour is starting to show up but not as I had expected it to be coloured. Liquidambar…

…far more scent on this much older plant which I think I personally prefer. John Bond, a former Keeper of the Gardens at Windsor, always said ours was the true…

…not need accession numbers for everything and cannot afford the time and effort to compete with Windsor who have a man on this full time. The planting date and full…

…propagated plants of Cinnamomum japonicum to the Burncoose catalogue. Here are some pictures of our 30 year old plant originally from Windsor which John Bond felt was too tender for…

…sceptrum from Madeira nicely in flower. Well worth propagating. A woody (greenhouse) shrub. The second year it has flowered. A gift from Windsor. Digitalis sceptrum Isoplexis canariensis is very similar…

…plant given to us by Windsor Great Park this year (John Anderson). Leaf looks a bit like Isoplexis as does the flower. A completely new species to me which is…

…Bowl in the Valley Gardens of Windsor and carried back to the YMCA hostel in my lunch box. About 47 years old. Styrax japonicus tree which blew over Prunus ‘Felix…