19th July

…2 years ago. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ A new side roof on the side of the Blacksmith’s Shop. Storm Eunice damage to the scantle slate that was there…

3rd August

‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Sheila’Not unlike ‘Love you Kiss’ once full out but this pink lacecap is one of the more improved and newer forms which stands out…

27th December

…‘Madame E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ still has colour at the Red Linney. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ has shed its flowers…

4th January 1897- 2020

‘Joseph Banks’ still holding colour in January! Less so than last January perhaps. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Likewise Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ still has good white mopheads amid many…

12th October

…sun. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Galissonniere’ Camillia ‘Snow Flurry’ is full out above the Hovel. Camillia ‘Snow Flurry’ Camillia ‘Snow Flurry’ A clump of hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ which was cut back when…

6th September

…on the banks outside the front door (later than ever before). That completes the first cut and now immediately on to the second up the drive. banks Hydrangea aspera ssp….

22nd July

…can see in the leaf shape. Nice bark! Acer pyrianthum Acer pyrianthum Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ is pale pink at first turning to pale blue in this large group. Hydrangea ‘Joseph

23rd July

…full flower 15ft up. Lomatia fraseri Cathaya argyrophylla needing careful staking. Cathaya argyrophylla Orixa japonica and Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’. Orixa japonica and Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Deutzia multiradiata in flower. Deutzia…

31st July

…from a nearly beech stump I assume? Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ Hydrangea ‘Taube’. Hydrangea ‘Taube’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ was cut down to the ground last summer but still plenty of flower….

13th August

‘Joseph Banks’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea ‘Zorro’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’. Hydrangea ‘Zorro’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ Hydrangea ‘Zorro’ and…

27th April

…‘Kenneth Ashburner’ Betula albosinensis ‘Joseph Rock’. Betula albosinensis ‘Joseph Rock’ Betula albosinensis ‘Ness Clone’. Betula albosinensis ‘Ness Clone’ A huge clump of Prunus serrula. Prunus serrula Prunus serrula Viburnum x…

17th August

…raking it up. cutting the banks cutting the banks 2016 – CHW No entry. 2015 – CHWBack from Yorkshire to find the house unrecognizable and full of film kit but…

26th April

…nursery in 1870 but were introduced to the UK 100 years earlier by Joseph Banks. Of the four species only forms of C. superba and C. x speciosa varieties are…

25th July

…Park (or Downs) has gone from brownish to green overnight. It is doubtful that we will get the grass cut a week ago on the banks above the front door…

13th September

…Colder at night but 20°c today. Still waiting for the Eden Project to harvest the knapweed seeds on the castle banks so we can get them cut at long last….

24th October

…flower also by Georges Hut. Gevuina avellana Gevuina avellana Tim has cut the banks for the second time leaving the cyclamen to be lightly strimmed over rather than mown. banks

18th January

…heavy rain is the collapse of stone faced earth banks. collapse of stone faced earth banks 2023 – CHW Amazingly we see colour (pink) on two windblown buds high up…

6th December

…griseum Sunshine on the bark of Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ at Donkey Shoe. This was named after Joseph Witt, former curator of Washington Park Arboretum in Oregon. A gift from…

2nd September

…Rainclouds loom at last and a westerly gale is promised. The banks were only cut yesterday after all the wild flowers had seeded. If left any longer it would mean…

April 2018 Irish trip ( Day 2)

…Cupressus macrocarpa The house facing the mountains and the sea from a huge knoll. The house Big leaf rhododendrons self seeding all over in moss banks in a way they…