…tuberosa – I have never seen this double form better in a pot at Burncoose. Exquisite scent. Polyanthes tuberosa Polyanthes tuberosa Podranea ricasoliana – a most vibrant and late flowering…

…to find Wisteria ‘Black Dragon’ still has a single flower on it above the gents’ loo. Very late for any wisteria let alone a double flowered form. Wisteria ‘Black Dragon’…

…slow growing and with lovely mottled grey bark. At Burncoose by the pond there is an even rarer double flowered form which would be the one to propagate. Eucryphia glutinosa…

…very few seeds are setting on Styrax odoratissimus this year and these are all low down in the tree. Styrax odoratissimus Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Flake’ with double florets. Small growing…

…fear, we need to double the width of both side benches and perhaps get another bench for the centre. Do we gravel or slab or sand the base or just…

…colour but unusual none the less. Leucothoe axillaris ‘Curly Red’ Absurdly named but excellent – Hydrangea ‘You and Me Together’ – Rose and Blue. A rather more double and intricate…

…Townsend GC, some very nice double ones and performing even in pots. hollyhocks (alcea) hollyhocks (alcea) hollyhocks (alcea) Liriope muscari ‘Money Maker’ was especially floriferous and full out. Seemed taller…

…Nyssa leptophylla The double flowered and ancient Azalea ‘Narcissiflorum’ just out. Azalea ‘Narcissiflorum’ Syringa josikaea just showing too. Syringa josikaea Mixed colours of aquilegia outside the old village school. aquilegia…

…listed by Hillier’s. Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’ Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’ above Red Linney has double florets and shows its autumn colour even in summer. A vigorous plant in the nursery at…

…sight. 1955 – CW It has been very hot and dry for 3 weeks. Double pink Camellias by lodge both still have flowers also Kimberley. Still some Griersonianum, Phis and…

…investigate. Hydrangea xanthoneura wilsonii Rosa filipes ‘Kiftsgate’ – a gigantic edifice which is 85 years old (20m x 25m). Rosa filipes ‘Kiftsgate’ Rosa filipes ‘Kiftsgate’ Gorgeous double blue flowered geranium…

…young Magnolia macrophylla has doubled in size in a year. The old original plant died last year. Magnolia macrophylla Magnolia macrophylla 2020 – CHW Another Carpinus variety in our collection…

…conservatory outside Cornwall. The calceolaria-like flowers are attractive and smell mildly of face cream. Bowkeria verticellata Bowkeria verticellata Delphinium ‘Bolero’ is a double lavender blue but not quite out yet….

…var. formosanus Styrax hemsleyanus. Some of the flower racemes are doubles and some are single. Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax formosanus var. hayatianus has far less weight of flowers than formosanus. Styrax…

…from Alabama and Kentucky. It can be orange as well. Rhododendron cumberlandense Rhododendron cumberlandense Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ is very fine again with a covering of huge nearly double white bracts….

…Loderi at its best also Primula helodoxa. Still some flowers on Michelia behind Georges Hut and small red Camellia by Brown Gate and 2 double pink near Top Lodge and…

…radicans Solanum pyracanthum with its horrid prickles above its leaves. Solanum pyracanthum Prostanthera baxteri looked very tender. Another new species. Prostanthera baxteri Paeonia ‘Bartzella’ – a good double yellow. Paeonia…

…a quite extraordinary colour. Rhododendron dichroanthum ssp. scyphocalyx (F6761) Rhododendron ‘Award’. Rhododendron ‘Award’ Rhododendron ‘Black Magic’. Rhododendron ‘Black Magic’ Rhododendron ‘Glebe’s Surprise’ – there are very few double flowered rhodos…

…Thomsonii x Arboreum shows colour.1900 – JCW Rho praecox has been open for some time. Narcissi G Spur shows colour, a fair lot of Caerhays and common double open, also…