…Rosa ‘Blue for You’ Rosa ‘Blue for You’ A nice memorial for Albert Riddle outside the members’ pavilion. Albert would have approved of the developing piss up in the CLA…

…pungens ‘Fat Albert’ makes its first appearance here. Picea pungens ‘Fat Albert’ Magnolia dawsoniana finally starting to shed its leaves outside the front gate. Magnolia dawsoniana Rehderodendron macrocarpum with autumn…

…capitata nearly full out. Cornus capitata Picea pungens ‘Fat Albert’ was a purchase from Trevena Cross Garden Centre and planted in 2019. It is not looking well and has struggled…

…site cold in the early spring. Here a Prince Albert’s Yew (Saxegothaea conspicua) to give shelter one day from the east. Prince Albert’s Yew The reinforcements to the windbreak above…

…the other knotweeds especially Persicaria bistorta ‘Superba’. Grows to about two and a half feet, flowers to three and a half feet. Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Fat Domino’ Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Fat Domino’…

…Clearance of the conifers planted in the Kitchen Garden in the late 1950s by my father had been scheduled and planned for the spring of 2020. The pandemic delayed the…

…‘Harrow Hybrids’ on Hovel Cart Road just starting. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Fat young wrens in a circular nest. Fat young wrens 2024 – CHW During our visit to Devon yesterday…

…At the very least they could refund part of the premiums paid to those whose business has been permanently closed/interrupted as their policies are largely irrelevant now. Fat chance but…

…Rh. williamsianum hybrid. Rhododendron ‘Bowjingles’ An elderly and cut back clump of Rhododendron formosum in the Nursery Bed. Rhododendron formosum Good young plants of my father’s Rhododendron ‘High Sherrif’. Rhododendron…

…they are pretty pathetic ‘flowers’ – merely fat anthers with pollen. The tree is a remarkable shape and beautiful as it starts to leaf up. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum…

…black shed. This will over-winter another 10 fat cattle. The work was talked about some 10 years ago! New cladding on the end of the old black shed Liquidambar styraciflua…

…– CHW On Friday I was greeted by a large fat rat running up the front stairs and heading for our bedroom. It turns out he has a hole behind…

…glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus 2018 – CHW Sophora japonica ‘Sun King’ has a fat crop of flower buds developing. We lost three of…

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ at its best on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ First flower on Camellia ‘Desire’ – fat buds with a pink edging! Camellia…

…in the nursery. Leafless now outside but still with fat edible fruits and some still unripe ones. Fuchsia procumbens Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ in the nursery with good autumn colour. Toona…

…persist only 4ft off the ground with fat ripe acorns showing clearly. A squirrel has had a go so perhaps Asia ought to grab these two while they remain intact?…

…tenuifolium Pittosporum tenuifolium Pittosporum tenuifolium A fat fruit forming on Passiflora caerulea. It will soon go yellow. Passiflora caerulea 2016 – CHW No entry. 2015 – CHW No entry. 1994…

…fat dogs too in the Model Village which were even worse than the children. Not many RHS members there today! Unusual clipped and pruned conifer combinations: Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkansugi’ and…

…reformation of the church is upon us. Once the vicarages have gone, church closures will of course be next. The fat bureaucrats of the dioceses and their expensive advisors and…

…CHW Fat rounded seeds on Styrax hookeri. Not many flowers this year but more seed than I expected. Styrax hookeri Laburnocytisus adamii fell over last winter but was cut and…