…of Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ is just coming out. Smaller plants are full out already as we have seen. Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Rhododendron veitchianum just coming out in Donkey…

…biloba ‘Variegata’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Variegata’ Betula ‘China Rose’ has lost its leader but is recovering well and making a decent tree in a prime position in Kennel Close. Betula ‘China…

…monbeigii Deutzia monbeigii 2022 – CHW Syringa pekinensis ‘Yellow Fragrance’ not, as yet, looking very yellow (apart from the leaves). Syringa pekinensis ‘Yellow Fragrance’ Aesculus californica now nearly out and…

…The adjacent Loderi ‘King George’ is over but some years the two coincide. CORNUS florida ‘Red giant’ CORNUS florida ‘Red giant’ CORNUS florida ‘Red giant’ 1997 – FJW Delias grand…

…Ceanothus arboreus ‘Trewithen Blue’ below the Tower. Ceanothus arboreus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Snowdrops amid the Gunnera manicata plantation below Kitchen Garden. Snowdrops Frankie was working on a Saturday and had cleared…

…like ‘King George’ to me. Hydrangea ‘Red Baron’ Salvia ‘Purple and Bloom’ would be well worth Burncoose stocking. Salvia ‘Purple and Bloom’ Salvia ‘Purple and Bloom’ Salvia ‘Big Blue’ not…

…kentukea. A record tree used to (and may still) exist at Cotehele in Cornwall. Looking at the pictures on the IDS website I would say this plant is correctly named…

…heterophylla Tilia carolina subsp. heterophylla Tilia carolina subsp. heterophylla Styrax faberi just coming out. Styrax faberi Ilex kingiana with berries already setting. Ilex kingiana Ilex kingiana Jaimie and Michael just…

…Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ Gaultheria mucronata varieties making a great show. Gaultheria mucronata Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’ with very ripe fruits. Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Good autumn colour developing…

…garden but not perhaps the weather that King Charles III would have chosen for HIS big event! 10 signets have hatched off on the lake and the parents allowed us…