2026 – CHW
Muehlenbeckia axillaris in full flower on a wall above the Rockery. I never remember seeing it in flower before and we have no flower pictures on the Burncoose website.
Muehlenbeckia axillaris and Cotoneaster horizontalis.
More Forsythia suspensa flowering well.
Crinum x powellii nearly over.
Another flush of post drought flower on the Wisteria by the Playhouse.
Pinus wallichiana is probably not going to recover from the drought.
Secondary flowering on a young Magnolia ‘Pink Pyramid’.
Magnolia sprengeri ‘Fire’ with a very pale secondary flower.
2025 – CHW
Surprising to find Syringa x diversifolia covered in flower. One would expect it to flower in April or May so are these secondary flowers or has the plant got muddled about the seasons after the dry summer?
Magnolia ‘Asian Artistry’ with enormous seed pods.
Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ with brownish fruits in Kennel Close.
The Cornus capitata has ripe fruits already while other trees elsewhere in the garden are still green.
The pheasants have been gorging on the black berries of Cornus controversa.
Autumn tints on Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Venus’.
For the second year running plenty of secondary flowers on a Magnolia x loebneri.
2024 – CHW
To Bonython for a garden tour?I had thought this was Dasylirion longifolium but now I wonder if it is in fact Yucca rostrata.
To Bonython for a garden tour?I had thought this was Dasylirion longifolium but now I wonder if it is in fact Yucca rostrata.
Quite the biggest and the best clump of Strobilanthes rankanensis I have ever seen.
Strobilanthes rankanensis and Kirengeshoma palmata flowering well together.
Abutilon ‘Canary Bird’ still in full flower.
Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ and Eupatorium purpureum.
Eupatorium purpureum – an especially good form.
Senna stipulacea from Chile which is autumn flowering.
Acanthus sennii in full flower.
Buds and seed pods side by side on Paulownia tomentosa.
The snakebark trunk of a 20 year old Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ remains as good as ever.
The view over the lower lake.
Hedychium gardnerianum and Trachycarpus fortunei.
These might well excite some!
Alstroemeria and Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’.
Alstroemeria and Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’.
This strongly scented and vigorous Hedychium coronarium.
Still a flower on Primula florindae.
The grass border has developed well.
Imperata cylindrica ‘Red Baron’ and Carex ‘Evergold’.
The view down the Yew Chapel.
2023 – CHW
A long weekend at The Cottage in Yorkshire.A solitary flower on the Hydrangeas planted here years ago. The new growth gets frosted in the spring and the site is too dry.
A long weekend at The Cottage in Yorkshire.A solitary flower on the Hydrangeas planted here years ago. The new growth gets frosted in the spring and the site is too dry.
Wonderful fruiting on the Hawthorn but no sloes on the Blackthorn. This tells you the vagaries of the spring weather.
We saw brilliant brown autumn leaf colour in the nursery on Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’. At The Cottage it is just starting and nowhere near as advanced. There are however a few small secondary flowers.
Acorns on a Turkey Oak.
Acorns on an English Oak.
Abundant fruit on a wild crab apple growing in a roadside hedge. Crab apple jelly was to be made before the apples properly dropped.
The Cottage in late September.
Secondary flowers (very poor ones) on Rhododendron ponticum. Nearby we saw Rhododendron ‘Cunningham White’ in full (secondary) flower. This is the pure white form of Rh. ponticum.
2022 – CHW
Acanthopanax sessilensis with its enormous clusters of black fruits so far left alone by the birds.
Acanthopanax sessilensis with its enormous clusters of black fruits so far left alone by the birds.
Photinia villosa var. coreana again covered in berries.
Ilex corallina is new to the Burncoose website as being for sale so here are a few pictures of the tree, its odd trunk and its purple twigs. Previously called Ilex centrochinensis.
18 new (to us) species of Viburnum from Nick Locke have arrived. The list is printed here. We will have planted out 50 new Viburnum species in the period 2020-2025.
– Viburnum acerifolium
– Viburnum arboricolum
– Viburnum betulifolium hohuanshan
– Viburnum buddlejifolium
– Viburnum cassinoides
– Viburnum coriaceum
– Viburnum erosum
– Viburnum erubescens gracilipes
– Viburnum formosanum
– Viburnum furcatum
– Viburnum Le Bois Marquis
– Viburnum nervosum
– Viburnum nudum Pink Beauty
– Viburnum propinquum
– Viburnum prunifolium Mrs Henry Large
– Viburnum recognitum
– Viburnum sieboldii Seneca
– Viburnum sympodiale
– Viburnum taiwanianum
– Viburnum releasee
– Viburnum arboricolum
– Viburnum betulifolium hohuanshan
– Viburnum buddlejifolium
– Viburnum cassinoides
– Viburnum coriaceum
– Viburnum erosum
– Viburnum erubescens gracilipes
– Viburnum formosanum
– Viburnum furcatum
– Viburnum Le Bois Marquis
– Viburnum nervosum
– Viburnum nudum Pink Beauty
– Viburnum propinquum
– Viburnum prunifolium Mrs Henry Large
– Viburnum recognitum
– Viburnum sieboldii Seneca
– Viburnum sympodiale
– Viburnum taiwanianum
– Viburnum releasee
Aesculus chinensis has odd shaped conkers and is fruiting sparsely.
Juglans ailantifolia with a ripening walnut or two.
2021 – CHW
After an extremely warm, dry and benign ‘Indian’ summer all through September the temperatures have now dropped and it is much more autumnal.The lacecap Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ by the Green Gate with a secondary flush of flowers.
After an extremely warm, dry and benign ‘Indian’ summer all through September the temperatures have now dropped and it is much more autumnal.The lacecap Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ by the Green Gate with a secondary flush of flowers.
Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ and Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ together.
Cotoneaster franchettii with loads of, as yet, unripe berries. This species is now famed for its ability to absorb carbon in city streets with heavy traffic pollution.
Hypericum lancasteri is now flowering away despite the severe dieback it had (and a subsequent trimming) after the cold in March. A great recovery!
Hydrangea aspera ‘Robusta’ is always at its best in early October. Now at least 10ft tall.
Autumn colour showing up on the old plants of Rhododendron mucronulatum.
No seedpods at all on this elderly Magnolia dawsoniana and you can still see why here. Flowers (and leaves) frosted badly in late March / early April and a few remain in place. A few buds for next year but not many as the tree has put its energy into recovery and reducing dieback.
The slugs are already turning the magnolia leaves nearest the ground into (winter) skeletons by removing the fleshy green from the leaves.
