22nd May

…year on Friday or Saturday. Then the laying hens will be sold elsewhere as we never want to see this stock again in our future breeding programme. A fledgling blackbird

6th May

…of a blackbird nesting for the third year running in the same place in ivy behind a Callistemon rigidus (as you can see from the gnarled seedpods). Lots to be…

21st October

…pink sasanqua A young blackbird digging through the newly laid mulch in the border opposite the Camellia sasanquas. young blackbird 2017 – CHW A few other oddments on Burns Bank…

15th July

…are very dark and some have unusual and different striping. The dark flowers are Dierama pulcherrimum ‘Blackbird’ but I have no idea about the striped ones. A big surprise and…

12th January

…sunflower seeds in the squirrel traps as the maize is not attracting them any more. sunflower seeds in the squirrel traps sunflower seeds in the squirrel traps A blackbird with…

1st August

…Penstemon ‘Laura’ Penstemon ‘Laura’ Penstemon ‘Laura’ Penstemon ‘Czar’ was not bad either. Penstemon ‘Czar’ Penstemon ‘Czar’ Penstemon ‘Czar’ Penstemon ‘Blackbird’ less so in the wind. We stock this one but…

13th July

…but only really grow-able in Cornwall in a pot as here. Not one for our catalogue although very good. Rhodohypoxis Not sure which Penstemon variety this is? Penstemon blackbird Heuchera…

6th January

…Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa A few red berries remain on Berberis wilsoniae at the top of the clump only. Berberis wilsoniae A blackbird or thrushes nest stands out in the…

13th September

…– FJW Last corn cut and brought in – very wet from mid August – weeds very bad. 1971 – FJW David shot his first blackbird before my very eyes….