…‘Ruby Falls’ Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ 2017 – CHW The very rare and equally tender Quercus fleuryii looked nearly dead since it was planted in 2011 but has suddenly produced…

…Arisaema consanguineum Arisaema consanguineum Arisaema consanguineum and Calamagrotis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’. Arisaema consanguineum Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’ Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’ Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ and Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’. Cercis canadensis…

…has a good yellow hue. Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ is changing nicely too. Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ Catalpa bignonoides ‘Aurea’ with secondary new growth in the show…

…Eryngium planum ‘Magical Purple Falls’ Monarda ‘Knight Violet’ and Eryngium planum ‘Magical Purple Falls’ Lobelia siphilitica ‘Blue’and Lobelia ‘Fanship Burgundy’ Lobelia siphilitica ‘Blue’and Lobelia ‘Fanship Burgundy’ Lobelia ‘Fanship Scarlet’ and…

…out flower as dusk falls. Rosa ‘Handel’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ struggling in the drought with shrivelled leaves. Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ Symphoricarpos albus with flowers and berries together. Symphoricarpos albus 2021…

…to restore wildflower meadows. Big risks of cliff falls (as we have had before with cattle) and I doubt that ponies on their own can really keep the bracken and…

…is in nearly full shade. Sun is needed for proper budding and flowering to its potential. Magnolia x wiesneri As the rain falls off into the Rockery. Then driven home…

…they make a nice election poster but hopefully not the balance of power. 2004 – FJW Fair amount of rain, but main falls have missed us and passed by on…

…get the wheelchair into the church where Dad promptly falls asleep. No incidents except he calls Will Caws a ‘stupid bastard’ (and you know you are!) for catching his hand…

…severe westerly gale. A large piece of scaffolding on the house falls down over lunch (in the excellent pub at Ruan Lanihorne). Evelyn Boscawen has a row with the scaffolders…