…‘Pink Stardust’ Magnolia ‘Simple Pleasures’ – as we have seen before – very simple and little pleasure! Magnolia ‘Simple Pleasures’ Magnolia ‘Simple Pleasures’ Magnolia ‘Old Port’ – an excellent New…

…plant has been comprehensively layered to ensure its survival. This is the way to preserve old rhodo relics like this. Rhododendron floccigerum Rhododendron floccigerum The original 90+ year old Magnolia…

…Saumarez’. Camellia japonica ‘Lady de Saumarez’ Cutting back the big old clumps of Rhododendron davidsonianum above LQN. They have finished flowering but not yet set seed or new growth so…

…to get some repairs done to protect this beautiful village, its visitors, and the two remaining working fishing boats. Portloe Harbour Portloe Harbour Portloe Harbour 2019 – CHW A visit…

…and ripening female fruits. Betula medwediewii ‘Gold Bark’ Betula medwediewii ‘Gold Bark’ Vaccinium dunalianum var. megaphyllum in full flower. I have never caught up with this properly before now. Has…

…restored old hunt kennels magnolias beside the newly restored old hunt kennels magnolias beside the newly restored old hunt kennels The view from the top of the hill looking into…

…old ash tree at the bottom of Old Park. dead 25-35 year old ash tree We have finally got two (out of three) Crinodendron hookerianum ‘Ada Hoffmann’ to flowering size…

…‘Astro Pink’ below White Stiles. Narcissus ‘Astro Pink’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ above the kennels. Not very golden really as I have commented before. Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Then…

…new garden to help design near Port Isaac on the north coast. A very dry west facing garden in the teeth of the wind with poorish soil. garden to help…

…on the drive with old rhododendron stumps dug out with the mini digger. clearing on the drive A group of tired old Camellia reticulata seedlings with poor flowers dug out…

…from a ?1930’s Kingston Ward collection rather than Forrest or so my father always told me. Rhododendron falconeri Rhododendron falconeri Rhododendron falconeri Rhododendron falconeri Sadly the Rhododendron sinogrande which travelled…

…Old Kitchen Garden. Views over the Old Kitchen Garden Views over the Old Kitchen Garden A very impressive Rhododendron in Old Park which I cannot name. Rhododendron in Old Park…

…in the old dog kennels made from the fibres on the nearby Gunnera stems. A wren’s nest A few deciduous azaleas are still just about in flower. Azalea ‘Fireball’. Azalea…

…themselves. Work on the old kennels Work on the old kennels Work on the old kennels Work on the old kennels Work on the old kennels Work on the old…

Next Day > The start of our Irish trip. We leave Llanfair Court in Monmouthshire at 8.00 but a few garden shots first. We head for Fishguard via Port Talbot…

…now 15ft tall after 11 years but can have minor dieback in cold winters. Camptotheca acuminata Excellent young stock of Juglans mandshurica. Juglans mandshurica Two new low growing compact and…

…not from an old leylandii hedge. Most of it blown over in early March. taking down an old beech tree taking down an old beech tree taking down an old…

…which meant visits to Old Park and Forty Acres which enabled us to see the young and older magnolias which were out there. We do not have any of the…

…envisaged here, the old kitchen garden now has a purpose and objective going forward. Old Park wood was opened to the public for the first time in 2013. The old…

…consider replanting later. Natural regeneration may be adequate. Portholland Valley Portholland Valley Portholland Valley These pictures show part of the old pumping system which pumped water up the hill to…