by julie | May 30, 2019 | Events, News
Our summer fete is on Father’s day Sunday 16th June 2019, this is also the last day the gardens are open to the public this year, so come before it’s too late this year!
by julie | May 24, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
We were delighted to receive a Silver-Gilt medal for our stand this year, “Plants from People’s Past”. Here are the most sought after and talked about plants from our stand this year so far. Click here for more pictures of these plants. CALYCANTHUS...
by julie | May 22, 2019 | vlog
Now is the perfect time to visit Caerhays before the Gardens close on Sunday 16th June, which is also our charity fete day. We have a large collection of horse chestnuts which are coming into flower now and will look great until mid-June. Charles shows us 4 of these...
by julie | May 21, 2019 | Events
Burncoose are delighted to be awarded a Silver-Gilt medal for their ‘Plants from People’s Past’ stand at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. They can be found in the Grand Pavillion on stand 199. Chelsea 2019 Chelsea 2019 Chelsea 2019 Chelsea...
by julie | May 17, 2019 | vlog
This plant a bi-generic tree of two species, it was originally a grafted plant and it appears the graft and the stock plant have merged to become a chimera so you can see both laburnum and cytisus flowers on the same plant. Last year it was on Burncoose’s...
by julie | May 15, 2019 | vlog
We first planted this Ucodendron in May 2017, and it really is a bit of a surprise. It is a new genus which is currently unclassified. It is flowering for the time with us and the flowers are very similar to an Hammamellis or Parrotia, the ‘experts’ have...
by julie | May 10, 2019 | vlog
Charles picks his 4 best yellow Magnolias. In the video he says 4 or 5, and there are four in this clip. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ or ‘Swedish Star’ as it is sometimes known, flowers yellow with a bit of green. Magnolia ‘Lois’, bred by...
by julie | May 8, 2019 | vlog
Magnolia ‘Peachy’ and Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ – why the names of these two magnolias are confusing when you look at the reality of the flower colours. Charles Williams in the gardens at Caerhays getting confused himself about which one is next to view, and why these two...
by julie | May 7, 2019 | vlog
Charles in the garden talking about the wonders of scented Rhododendrons, if only ‘smelly vision’ was possible. The have been in flower in the gardens at Caerhays over the past couple of months, they don’t all flower at the same time, but they all...
