Split ash for the castle fires this winter. Goretti put to good use.

Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ on the lawn.

Pyracantha ‘Saphyr Orange’ looking splendid.

But Pyracantha ‘Saphyr Yellow’ nowhere near ripe.

Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ covered in fruit in the nursery.

The new to the Burncoose catalogue Eucomis ‘Aloha Nani Pink’. Little pink left on show but seeds forming.

Enkianthus campanulatus seedling excessively.

Tricyrtis ‘White Towers’.

Anemone x hybrida ‘Bressingham Glow’.

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Mespilus germanica with an enormous crop of medlars.

Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ in Kennel Close. Fruits and leaves much the same colour.

Crataegus grandiflora (Crataegomespilus grandiflora) is a cross between a hawthorn and a medlar.

Carpinus tschonoskii (BSWJ 10800) with attractive red new growth and its first seed clusters.

Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia.

Schefflera delavayi suddenly out in flower.

2024 – CHW
A day at Burncoose.Euonymus planipes with bursting ripe seed pods.

Euonymus europaeus ‘Red Cascade’ plastered in seed pods.

Cestrum nocturnum flowering away well.

Sorbus ‘Autumn Fire’ with fruit but, as yet, no autumn colour.

Syzygium paniculatum ‘Newport’ with flowers just going over.

Callistemon ‘Perth Pink’ with a secondary set of flowers.

Lagunaria patersonia with large ripe seed heads.

Russelia equisetiformis – yellow in full flower.

Myrtus communis laden with fruit.

Pseudopanax lessonii ‘Emerald Elf’ is a new variety for the website.

Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ with ripening berries.

Another new entry for the 2025 catalogue – Skimmia japonica ‘Magic Marlot’.

Viburnum ‘Eskimo’ has got its seasons wrong!

Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ liners flowering away.

2023 – CHW
To the greenhouses to pick out plants for different locations for autumn planting.Fruit on Viburnum nudum ‘Pink Beauty’.

I was impressed with the first flowers on Malus trilobata. Here are the first fruits which Brock, the Labrador, decided that he liked and they are no more!

An unnamed climbing Fuchsia from a Tom Hudson collection is climbing up the leg of a propagating bench and flowering very late in the year. A vigorous climber for which we need to find a good site.

Asterotrichion discolor full out in one of the frames.

Weeks after I first saw a flower Lysionotus aff. kuangensis (HWJ 625) is still full out and with buds to come. Asia has propagated this already from cuttings.

Catalpa ovata with seed pods while still in a pot in the frame.

Bright red leaves here and there on Luculia gratissima (KR 11263) and flower buds forming. Important for Asia to propagate this.

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A visit to Burncoose when I discover score of Malus trees have arrived from various sources for planting out in the Kitchen Garden here. Some of these varieties are even better than what we currently offer in the catalogue today and need adding to 2024.Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’

Malus ‘Direktoer Moerland’

Malus ‘Gorgeous’

Malus ‘Butterball’

Malus ‘Red Jade’

Malus ‘Royal Raindrops’

Malus ‘Crimson Cascade’

Malus ‘Sun Rival’

Malus ‘Royal beauty’

Malus ‘Royalty

Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Rising sun’ with a great show on the sales point.

Escallonia ‘Peach Blossom’ still nicely in flower.

Aesculus x neglecta ‘autumn fire’ certainly living up to its name. I have not seen this performing before.

Aesculus x mutabilis ‘Induta’ with very tame autumn colour by comparison.

Cercis glabra with a good show of yellow. Contrasting nicely with the Chimonanthus praecox behind it which is still green.

Ilex verticillata berrying earlier than usual.

Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ also living well up to its name.

Gaultheria mucronata varieties making a great show.

Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’ with very ripe fruits.

Good autumn colour developing on Zanthoxylum simulans.

Quercus acutissima also eye catching today in a tunnel.

Podocarpus ‘Golden Lady’ is a new entry in the 2023 catalogue and soon available on the website. Still a bit small!

2021 – CHW
Ilex verticillata has a few berries this year but nothing like the crop from last winter.

Schima khasiana is now out in flower but, again, very few flowers compared to last year.

Schima superba is however covered and many flowers have already dropped to the ground.

A few tail end flowers are still left on Eucryphia nymansensis ‘Nymansay’.

Persea indica (BSWJ 12555) settling down nicely after planting this year.

Arbutus unedo overhanging the path by the Acer griseum.

First flowers out on Peumus boldus. Rather early as most are still in tight bud and will not be out until December/January.

Rhus chinensis now in full flower – no great show.