27th March

…but I find a young ash badly infected with ash dieback and half dead. All the ash will have to go in the thinning. ash Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ still had some…

27th June

…still completely unaffected. Smaller younger saplings and trees indeed seem more vulnerable. ash trees ash trees ash trees Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ out again before all the others on the…

28th February

…oak (a soak) and oak before ash (a splash) we are arguably on for a very small ‘splash’ this summer. What a nice prospect that would be after the endless…

25th December

…Close has done little real damage. split ash tree split ash tree split ash tree A top heavy and spindly Eucalyptus has also gone over. This is always a problem…

27th November

…dead acers and lower limbs off some magnolias. Deciduous azaleas like a good haircut. large fallen ash tree large fallen ash tree Another old (unnamed) Camellia japonica has just come…

26th May

…full out. Deutzia longifolia Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Ash trees by Tin Garden not looking well. Ash dieback disease is starting here. Ash trees Eucalyptus crenulata out in…

13th November

…brought down an ash tree on the drive which has made quite a mess! ash tree 2019 – CHW More of the same.The young Turpinia ternata (CWJ 12360) has struggled….

26th July

…2021 – CHW The north wind has split out an ash tree by Bramble Field Path. ash tree This Rhododendron maddenii is the last of our groups to flower. Exquisite…

16th February

…has never occurred before. The suppliers of the UV film said we could wash off the lichen blobs with warm water which we did today in the rain. It looks…

16th July

…job to get it back in hand from years of self-seeding, brambles, scrub and neglect. Some pretty invasive weeds much in evidence too as well as ash disease on a…