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…

10th August

…to no avail. Populus deltoides ‘Purple Tower’ Acer campbellii var. fancgipanense (BSWJ 82700) laden with seed. Acer campbellii var. fancgipanense Sorbus wilsoniana with its best performance yet. Sorbus wilsoniana First…

3rd November

…‘Jovey Carlyon’ Good autumn colour on Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata as we have seen before by Donkey Shoe. Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata The usual secondary flush of flowers on Rhododendron…

2nd December

…not finish it. Mespilus germanica Mespilus germanica Autumn colour on Ginkgo biloba ‘Variegata’ with just a hint of variegation. Ginkgo biloba ‘Variegata’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Variegata’ Betula ‘China Rose’ has lost…

23rd January

…campbellii var. alba ‘Strybing White’ Magnolia campbellii var. alba ‘Strybing White’ The lower down buds still have both outer casings. The second photograph shows one bud frosted. buds Tetrapanax papyrifera…

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….

22nd March

…Magnolia kobus var. borealis towers over Rhododendron macabeanum. Magnolia kobus var. borealis towers over Rhododendron macabeanum Euonymus wilsonii with flower buds not yet open. A quick growing species. Euonymus wilsonii…

Tom Hudson – Camellia cuspidata saga!

…the Flora of China the Tregrehan plant would be cuspidata var cuspidata and the Trewithen plants cuspidata var grandiflora. Presuming that the 2 Trewithen plants are species and not cuspidata…

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…

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…

6th October

…we still have original Forrest plants here of Ilex dipyrena, Ilex bioritsensis (Ilex pernyi var. veitchii or perhaps I. pernyi to Forrest) and Ilex kingiana (although Forrest does not use…

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…

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…

8th September

…Crataegus schraderiana Photinia villosa var. coreana absolutely laden with berries. Photinia villosa var. coreana Photinia villosa var. coreana Photinia villosa var. coreana 2019 – CHW Hedychium densiflorum ‘Assam Orange’ was…

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….