6th January 2021. In line with the current government lockdown rules, Burncoose Nurseries is closed to visitors. However at present we are able to offer click and collect to local customers. This will be weekdays only, not weekends.
Mail order is continuing as normal. However please allow extra time for the couriers to deliver, once despatched from us. Sorry to say that some depots are experiencing high volumes of traffic, also staff shortages.
Video Garden Tips
We have made lots of short videos of tips for the garden, all of these can be found on our youtube channel.
Packing & Delivery
- Packing Shed - How we pack a single plant for delivery
- Packing Shed - How we pack several plants for delivery
- Packing Shed - How we pack your plants on a pallet
General Garden Tips
- Bulbs - Protecting Spring Bulbs
- Climbers - Training
- Climbers More - Training
- Ground Cover - Cover steep banks
- Herbaceous perennial plants - Propagation
- Herbaceous perennial plants - Pruning
- Herbaceous perennial plants - Self-sown seedlings
Herbaceous perennial plants - Splitting and dividing
Herbaceous perennial plants - Supporting - Maintenance - Bird Boxes - Spring Clean
- Maintenance - Bird Nest Material/Dog Hair
- Maintenance - Brambles - Removing
- Maintenance - Deadheading
- Maintenance - Feeding container grown plants
- Maintenance - Grass cutting in a woodland garden
- Maintenance - Grass cutting delays for wild flowers & wild life
- Maintenance - Greenhouse improving humidity
- Maintenance - Gutter clearing
- Maintenance - Hedge Trimming Annual trim
- Maintenance - Hedge Trimming 5 yr trim
- Maintenance - Ivy - Removing
- Maintenance - Ivy - Removing version 2
- Maintenance - Ivy - From Magnolias
- Maintenance - Plants from cold winds
- Maintenance - Repotting Root-bound plants
- Maintenance - Record keeping - plants and replacements
- Maintenance - Shoots on grafted plants
- Maintenance - Supporting Plants
- Maintenance - Training Plants
- Maintenance - Variegation - maintaining in plants and hedges.
- Maintenance - Variegated plants - Pruning
- Maintenance - Water Collection
- Pests & Diseases - Honey Fungus
- Pests & Diseases - Mealy Bugs
- Pests & Diseases - Powdery Mildew
- Pests & Diseases - Rabbit Damage Protection
- Pests & Diseases - Red Spider Mite
- Pests & Diseases - Scale Insect
- Pests & Diseases - Sooty Mould - Thrips
- Pests & Diseases - Wasps
- Perennials - Splitting and dividing summer perennials
- Perennials - Spring flowering tidy up in June
- Perennial grasses - Tidying up
- Shrubs - Fertilising
- Shrubs - Moving and replanting
- Shrubs - Mulching
- Shrubs - Pruning
- Shrubs - Self-sown seedlings
- Shrubs - Semi-ripe cuttings - Plumbago
- Shrubs - Semi-ripe cuttings - Camellia, Lomatia & Rhododendron
- Shrubs - Hardwood cuttings - Fuchsia, Buddleja, Berberis, Deutzia & Salix
- Trees - Checking ties
- Trees - Deer protection
- Trees - Maintaining variegation
- Trees - Planting a tree
- Trees - Pruning
- Trees - Removing side shoots
- Trees - Fallen young tree - restaking
- Trees - Fallen old tree
- Trees - Weed Spraying
- Trees - Undertaking a survey
- Trees - Uplifting crown
Plant Specific Tips
- Abutilon - Pruning
- Acanthus - Summer Pruning
- Achillea - Splitting / Dividing
- Acers - Scorching & Dieback
- Aeonium - Propagation of offsets
- Aesculus - Flowering Background info.
- Aesculus wilsonii - Background info.
- Agapanthus - Splitting / Dividing
- Alliums - Planting in autumn
- Alstroemeria - Care
- Astelia - Splitting / Dividing
- Aguilegia - Cutting back
- Aguilegia - Self-seeding
- Astilbe - Splitting / Dividing
- Azalea - ‘Caerhays Lavender’,'Black Hawk’ & ‘Melford Lemon’
- Bamboo - Pruning
- Banksian rose - Pruning
- Berberis - Hardwood cuttings
- Broussonetia papyifera - Background info.
- Brugmansia - Pruning
- Buddleia - Pruning
- Buddleia - Hardwood cuttings
- Callistemon - Deadheading / Pruning
- Callistemon - Deadheading / Pruning No. 2
- Camellias - A guide to sizing & pricing
- Camellias - Care Guide
- Camellias - Maintenance - Pruning
- Camellias - Maintenance - Wind damaged, pruning & staking (grisjii)
- Camellias - Maintenance - Restaking fallen reticulata
- Camellias - Propagation - Seed collecting - 12/2019
- Camellias - Propagation - Seed collecting - 12/2020
- Camellias - Propagation - Self-seeding reticulata
- Camellias - Propagation - Semi-ripe cuttings
- Camellias - Pests & Diseases - Sooty Mould - Thrips
- Camellias - Autumn flowering camellias - 2019 - Background info.
- Camellias - Ancient sasanqua camellias - Part 1 - Background info.
- Camellias - 5 featured sasanqua hybrids in November - Part 2 - Background info.
Camellias - 5 featured sasanqua camellias - Part 3 - Background info. - Camellias - oleifera - Background info.
- Camellias - x williamsii - Background info.
- Campsis - Autumn Pruning
- Cardiocrinum giganteum - Growing Guide
- Catalpa duclouxii - Background info.
- Citrus - Feeding
- Citrus - Pruning after flowering
- Clethra - Background info.
- Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ - Background info.
- Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ - Background info.
- Crataegus schraderiana, ellwangeriana, combyi & aprica - Background info.
- Crocosmia - lifting and splitting
- Cordyline - Pruning dead wood
- Cornus - Pruning
- Cornus capitata - Seed collecting
- Cornus capitata - Background info.
- Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ - Background info.
- Cornus kousa 'Satomi' - Background info.
- Cytisus 'Porlock' - Pruning after flowering
- Daffodils - Deadheading / Pruning
- Daffodils - Planting in autumn
- Daffodils/narcissus - Hybridisation
- Daphne bholua & growing in pots - Background info.
- Delphinium - Cutting Back / Pruning V1.
Delphinium - Cutting Back / Pruning V2. - Deutzia - Summer Pruning
- Deutzia - Hardwood cuttings
- Dicksonia / Tree Ferns - Tidying
- Dicksonia / Tree Ferns - Winter Protection
- Dicksonia / Tree Ferns - Trunk Watering
- Echinops - Seed collection & Drying Flowers - 2019
- Echinops - Drying Flowers - 2020
- Echium pininana - Leave to seed - Quick video
- Echium pininana - Self-sown seedings
- Echiums - Seedlings to mature plants
- Eremurus - Planting
- Escallonia - Pruning
- Eucryphia - Winter damage
- Euphorbia - Evergreen Pruning
- Euphorbia - Dead Heading
- Fascicularia - Splitting / Dividing
- Fern - Care
- Ferns - Tidying
- Forsythia - Spring Pruning
- Fuchsia - F. arborescens Propagation
- Fuchsia - Hardwood cuttings
- Fuchsia - Pruning
- Fuchsia - Pruning, six weeks later
- Fuchsia procumbens - Background info.
- Gardenias - Care
- Garrya Elliptica 'James Roof' - Care
- Genista 'Porlock' - Pruning after flowering
- Geranium - lifting and splitting
- Griselinia - Maintaining variegation
- Heathers - Pruning Summer Flowering Heathers
- Helenium - Autumn tidy up
- Hellebores - Care
- Hemerocallis - Day lillies Deadheading
- Hemerocallis - Day lillies Propagation by splitting
- Hoheria - Checking deadwood
- Hostas - Protecting
- Hostas - Slug protection
- Hyacinths - Planting for Christmas
- Hydrangeas - Pruning
- Hydrangeas - Keeping them blue
- Hydrangeas - Drying flower heads
- Jasmine - Pruning
- Ilex acquifolium 'Bacciflava' - Yellow Berries
- Ilex verticillata & dimorphophylla - Background info.
- Iris - Deadheading
- Ivy - Removing
- Laburnocytisus 'Adamii' - Flowering
- Lampranthus - Pruning
- Laurel - Annual Pruning Hedges
- Laurel - 4/5 Year Hard Pruning Hedges
- Lavender - Harvesting for drying
- Lavender - Pruning French Lavender
- Lavender - General dead-heading
- Lavender - Propagation by cuttings
- Ligularia - Autumn tidy up
- Lily bulbs - Planting up
- Liriodendron chinense - Autumn colour
- Lomatia - Propagation by semi-ripe cuttings
- Lonicera - Summer pruning
- Lupins - Dead heading & powdery mildew
- Magnolia - A guide to sizing & pricing
- Magnolia - Maintenance - Checking deadwood
- Magnolia - Maintenance - Planting a tree
- Magnolia - Maintenance - Potting on seedlings
- Magnolia - Maintenance - Pruning
- Magnolia - Maintenance - Seed collecting
- Magnolia - Maintenance - Shoots on rootstock
- Magnolia - Maintenance - Large shoot on rootstock
- Magnolia - Pests & Diseases - Scale Insect
- Magnolia - Pests & Diseases - Protection from slugs - short version
- Magnolia - Pests & Diseases - Protection from slugs - longer version
- Magnolia 'Albatross' - Background info.
- Magnolia 'Caerhays Surprise' - Background info.
- Magnolia campbellii 'Alba' - Background info.
- Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata 'Lanarth' - Background info.
- Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata 'Lanarth' - New Zealand - Background info.
- Magnolia foveolata (Michelia) - Background info.
- Magnolia globosa - Background info.
- Magnolia / Manglietia insignis - Background info.
- Magnolia macclurei (Michelia) - Background info.
- Magnolia 'Lois', 'Peachy' & 'Limelight' - Background info.
- Magnolia 'Peachy' & 'Daybreak' - Background info.
- Magnolia 'Shirazz' - Background info.
- Magnolia 'Star Wars', doltsopa & veitchii - Background info.
- Magnolia sieboldii, sieboldii sinensis, x wieseneri, 'Summer Solstice' - Background info.
- Magnolia 'Todd's Forty Niner' - Background info.
- Magnolia 'Tikitere' - Background info.
- Magnolia 'Tropicana' - Background info.
- Magnolia x M. 'Vulcan' & M. 'Atlas' - Background info.
Magnolia - Best yellow magnolias video feature. - Mahonia - Pruning and 1 year regrowth
- Malus - Restaking fallen young tree
- Meconopsis - Deadheading V1
- Meconopsis - Deadheading V2
- Musa - Splitting / Dividing
- Myrtus - Self-sown seedlings - 1
- Myrtus communis - Self-sown seedlings - 2
- Olearia scilloniensis - Summer Pruning
- Papaver / poppies - Spring flowering tidy up in June
- Peonies - Spring feeding
- Peonies (Tree) - Seed Collecting
- Philadelphus - Summer Pruning
- Phormium - Splitting Pot Grown Plants
- Plumbago - Pruning
- Plumbago - Semi-ripe cuttings
- Podocarpus - Uplifting tree crown
- Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ - Background info.
- Podocarpus salignus - Background info.
- Prunus - Pruning overlapping branches
- Prunus - Pruning drooping branches
- Prunus 'Okame', 'Kursar' & conradinae - Background info.
- Pseudotsuga menziesii - Uplifting
- Punica - Background info.
- Quercus cerris 'Argenteovariegata' - Maintaining variegation
- Quercus ilex - Uplifting
- Rhododendron - Pruning - Don't!
- Rhododendron - Deadheading
- Rhododendron - Propagation - Seed collecting
- Rhododendron - Propagation - Potting on seedlings
- Rhododendron - Propagation by Layering - short
- Rhododendron - Propagation by Layering - long
- Rhododendron - Propagation by semi-ripe cuttings
- Rhododendron - Propagation by semi-ripe cuttings - R. 'Cornish Red'
- Rhododendron - Propagation by semi-ripe cuttings - Scented rhodies'
- Rhododendron - Making a hybrid
- Rhododendron - Making a hairy or scaly cross?
- Rhododendron - Pruning
- Rhododendron decorum (pink form) - Background info.
- Rhododendron genestrianum - Background info.
- Rhododendron 'Lem's Monach', 'Fabia', decorum, lindleyi & 'Nancy Evans' - Background info.
- Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ - Background info.
- Rhododendron 'Red Centurian' - Background info.
- Rhododendron - scented rhodies - Background info.
- Romneya Tree Poppy - Propagating
- Romneya Tree Poppy - Pruning
- Romneya Tree Poppy - Supporting
- Rosa - Dead heading
- Rosa - Disease - Rose Rust
- Rosmarinus / Rosemary - Summer Pruning
- Salix - Hardwood cuttings
- Schima khasiana - Background info.
- Snowdrops - Lifting and dividing snowdrops with Gerry
- Snowdrops - Lifting and dividing snowdrops with Andrew
- Stachyurus - Background info.
- Staphylea holocarpa 'Rosea' - Removing shoots below graft
- Staphylea holocarpa 'Rosea' - Background info.
- Strelitzia - Splitting / Dividing
- Styrax japonicus ‘Pendulus’ - Background info.
- Styrax japonicus ‘Emerald Pagoda’ - Background info.
- Symplocos paniculata - Background info.
- Taxus / Yew - Hedge trimming
- Thalictrum - Lifting & splitting
- Tibouchina - Pruning
- Tilia - Removing side shoots
- Tradescantia - Lifting & tidying
- Tulips - Planting in autumn/winter
- Verbena - Spring Pruning
- Weigela - Trimming & Pruning after flowering
- Wisteria - Effect of winter pruning
- Wisteria - Summer June/July pruning
- Yew - Poisonous seeds in autumn
- Zantedeschia, Arum Lily - Support
