…is just producing its flowers and will be fine. Perfect even! What a colour contrast. Corydalis ‘Berry Exciting’ Corydalis ‘Berry Exciting’ Argyranthemum ‘Raspberry Ruffles’ is a new introduction to us…

…‘tent’. Mrs Williams and Mrs Clarke Mary Berry and a BBC producer using our stand for filming. I have met Mary before and she is exceptionally pleasant. Mary Berry We…

…of berry on the hollies here in mid-February implying the mild winter which we have had with few migrating birds. plenty of berry on the hollies Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ a…

…Rookery. Attractive red new growth. Quercus pinnativenulosa Quercus pinnativenulosa Holly berry forming on the ancient Ilex dipyrena above Rookery Nursery bed. Holly berry Cotoneaster fangianus with its last flowers and…

…good crop of eventually black seeds. Ligustrum confusum 2021 – CHW A nursery visit to check how the improvements were progressing there.Berry in full colour on Sorbus hupehensis already in…

…I. opaca, I. kingiana, I. koehneana or I. latifolia since all 4 grow nearby. Since the holly berry germinated in behind the thick pine bark it was probably hidden there…

…bud visible already for next spring. Paulownia fortunei Paulownia fortunei Ilex aff. gagnepainiana (FMWJ 13468) has made huge growth. Ilex aff. gagnepainiana (FMWJ 13468) Plenty of berry on Sorbus hupehensis…

…gets planted. A gift from Raf. Magnolia figo x Magnolia champaca Reddish secondary new growth on Phoebe sheareri (bought from Nick Locke). Phoebe sheareri Morella pensylvanica – the Kartesz Bayberry,…

…with a bit of good yellow colouring but mostly blown away. Carpinus polyneura Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Camelliifolia’ now in full berry and rather fine. Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Camelliifolia’ Ilex x…

…autumn colour. Quercus velutina Quercus velutina Globba schomburkii is a new catalogue addition for 2022. Globba schomburkii Globba schomburkii Cotoneaster ‘Hybridus Pendulus’ in full berry. Cotoneaster ‘Hybridus Pendulus’ Viburnum plicatum…

…Cotoneaster horizontalis outside the Drawing Room. Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ and Cotoneaster horizontalis I have never seen Cotoneaster horizontalis so covered in berry. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Sadly Kerry Burns died…

…ploughed back in at Treluckey – large fields of maize uncut. 1990 – FJW Picked first noblissima from outside front door – Sasanqua full out. A great deal of berry…

…are over but the odd black berry remains. Sarcococca wallichii I forgot yesterday that we also have Sasa (recently renamed Sasaella) ramosa (formerly Arundinaria vagans or Pleioblastus viridistriatus var. vagans…

…today. Erica arborea Erica arborea Ripe fruit at last on Rubus ichangensis below the greenhouse. Tasty although tiny with red calyxes. Rubus ichangensis Sarcococca ruscifolia with berry and flower together….

…‘Inspiration’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Inspiration’ Sarcococca wallichii now properly out with the odd black berry still on the plant. Sarcococca wallichii I spot the first few flowers on Camellia ‘Hatsu-Zakura’…

…on New Year’s Eve.Seed still on a young Sorbus dunnii which I do not know. A Roundabarrow nursery purchase. Sorbus dunnii And just a few berry remnants on Cornus drummondii…

…in the Isla Rose. Callicarpa dichotoma Callicarpa psilocalyx with bud, flower and berry. Only 1 survives from the 5 planted in 2017 but this shrub is now 6ft x 6ft…

…yellow berry despite the time of the year. The best show of this I have ever seen. Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Schefflera frangipanensis seedlings from various Vietnamese collecting…

…a single (as yet) white berry. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Magical Snowstar’ All the plants above Crinodendron Hedge have had the grass and weeds removed from the base of the plants inside…

…one now dead. Betula insignis ssp. fangipanensis Betula insignis ssp. fangipanensis Betula insignis ssp. fangipanensis Sorbus gongashanica in berry already. Sorbus gongashanica Very few fruits on Crataegus schraderiana this year…