2nd June

…beacon Jubilee (bonfire) beacon Jubilee (bonfire) beacon Jubilee (bonfire) beacon 2021 – CHW Preparing for Rick Stein’s filming this afternoon and identifying what is best in the garden to film….

29th July

…Kniphofia caulescens Kniphofia caulescens Canna ‘Bonfire’ full out. Canna ‘Bonfire’ Canna ‘Bonfire’ Canna ‘Bonfire’ Even larger and more mature flower heads on two more dying Agave americana. Agave americana Agave…

11th November

…before mid-November! Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ now full out in the nursery and the garden. Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ The bonfire of the fallen beech tree continues…

20th December

…huge leylandii bonfire.The last of the old leyandii hedge gets burnt. Stumps out shortly and then ready for replanting. Leylandii bonfire Leylandii bonfire Uplifting the beech tree shelter belt and…

20th October

…tree. Red with a bit of yellow lower down for now. Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ Nyssa aquatica is still green all over. 2016 – CHW The…

10th September

…autumn colouring in the nursery. Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ Cornus florida well on the way to autumn glory in early September and quite a sight today….

10th November

…Isla Rose ate these last October during half term. Malus hupehensis Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ with a reasonable show but the other 3 Nyssas here have been blown away already….

17th September

…pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’. Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ starting to turn properly autumnal. Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ just out in flower. Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’…

15th September

…quick change around. Vaccinum cylindraceum 2018 – CHW Smoke from the huge bonfire in Dry Walls drifts down the valley and over the pond. We are clear felling an area…

4th September

…in flower. Slow to come out from when we last saw it. Oxydendrum arboreum Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ with great colour already and may drop soon in pots. Nyssa sylvatica…