4th January 1897- 2020

…harringtonia var koreana has excellent yellow needles in parts. Very slow growing with a fastigiate habit. Cephalotaxus harringtonia var koreana Cephalotaxus harringtonia var koreana Cephalotaxus harringtonia var koreana Very few…

5th January 1897- 2020

…huge spreading clump under a beech tree in the car park outside the back yard. About 12-30in in height across the clump. Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna…

12th January 1897- 2020

…later than last year I suspect. The reference books say C. var. balerica has pale yellow flowers. These are yellowish in bud but fading to white. Clematis cirrhosa var. balerica…

17th February 1897 – 2020

var digyna Sarcocca hookeriana var digyna A big tidy up for opening. Half the pyrus tree was dead and has now gone. The hydrangeas have had a ‘proper’ prune as…

17th March 1897 – 2020

…pink. M. sargentiana var robusta x ‘Lanarth’ M. campbellii var. molicomata x ‘Lanarth’ 1991 – FJW Tadpoles out. 1990 – FJW Garden past its best !! Very stricken by storms….

10th March 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ var. ‘Burncoose’ An old Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata is multi-stemmed and has been pollarded back but still…

8th October

…‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ 2022 – CHW Buddleja speciosissima was planted out last spring. Interesting new growth today. Buddleja speciosissima Buddleia heliophila with its first flowers which are…

12th October

…branches. Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ has as good an autumn display as its…

28th September

…Acanthopanax sessilensis Photinia villosa var. coreana again covered in berries. Photinia villosa var. coreana Ilex corallina is new to the Burncoose website as being for sale so here are a…

21st May

…were three weeks later into flower than ours. Scilla verna ‘Sea eagle and fish’ bronze in the garden. bronze Escallonia rubra var. macrantha – a wonderful seaside hedge. Escallonia rubra…

25th September

…ripe black seeds have already dropped out of their casings. Paeonia delavayi var. angustiloba Paeonia delavayi var. angustiloba Paeonia delavayi var. angustiloba 2018 – CHW Our tree felling in Dry…

24th February

…sprengeri var. Diva ‘Marwood Hill’ near the old dog kennels with its first flowers. Magnolia sprengeri var. Diva ‘Marwood Hill’ Another unnamed hybrid of Jaimie’s looking good above the kennels….

5th March

…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…

11th March

…Surprise’. Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’. Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Rhododendron cilpinense…

15th April

…to photograph the flowers on various Rhododendron sinogrange, some pure and some grown from seed, which have considerable flower variations. Cold at night still but warm by day. Rain needed…

11th May

…that the female flower heads are red! Juglans ailanthifolia Acer truncatum var. barbinerve with unusual upright seedpods. Acer truncatum var. barbinerve Plenty of flower on Acer campestre in Old Park….

14th March

…Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta in its pomp. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ now nicely out. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ View 14th March 1897 – 2020…

30th June

…above Lower Rockery is full out now. Much less tall growing that Fuchsia ‘Riccartonii’. Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis A clump of (I…

10th July

…Hoboken’ Phlox ‘Cool of the Evening’ – not so scented today. Phlox ‘Cool of the Evening’ Dierama pulcherimum var. album which we stock but have never flowered in the nursery….

17th July

…canadensis ‘Appalachian Red’ Cornus asperifolia var. drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ is still not out in flower but is getting established and looks a lot better than it did in the dry…