17th May

…the three lakes. Bulrushes Rhododendron ‘Ken Janeck’? Rhododendron ‘Ken Janeck’? Rhododendron ‘Pink Cherub’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Cherub’ Rhododendron ‘Hoppy’? Rhododendron ‘Hoppy’? Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Rhododendron ‘Dopey’ Rhododendron ‘Dopey’ Rhododendron ‘Doc’?…

17th October

…A hornet drinking the sap from a fissure in an old oak tree. As it turns colder the wasps are getting dopey and one latched onto one of the dogs…

1st November

…colours even though newly planted. Nyssa sinensis ‘Jim Russell’ Mature small trees of Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ in the Rookery are looking good today and, as usual, covered in dopey wasps….