…purple when you look closely. Cercidophyllum ‘Red Fox’ Cercidophyllum ‘Red Fox’ Cercidophyllum ‘Red Fox’ Styrax serrulatus nearly out. Styrax serrulatus Styrax serrulatus Magnolia virginiana has the odd flower in bud,…

…tree matures. Quercus semecarpifolia The leaves of Cercidiphyllum japonica ‘Red Fox’ are stunning now. Cercidiphyllum japonica ‘Red Fox’ Cercidiphyllum japonica ‘Red Fox’ Cercidiphyllum japonica ‘Red Fox’ Caragana arborescens ‘Walker’ with…

…vulgaris ‘Silver Fox’ Calluna vulgaris ‘Silver Fox’ We have over 200 new catalogue entries already and plenty more I expect to go into proof number two but, this year, we…

…Slow growing but with a fine upright habit and arguably the darkest black leaves of any small tree. Cercidiphyllum ‘Red Fox’ Cercidiphyllum ‘Red Fox’ Alongside it is another summer casualty;…

…utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ Betula utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’. Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ I…

…its head and neck. Exactly as a stoat or ferret would kill a rabbit. This is not how a buzzard would kill a squirrel with its talons. Perhaps a fox…

…years ago. Statue of a heron A fairly rancid fox! fox A (not the) famous Blarney stone with bullshit to match. Blarney stone The witches cauldron. A yew growing in…

…‘Silver Leaf’ in the garden here. These are the new and rather more golden new growth leaves on Neolitsea sericea at Burncoose Nurseries. Neolitsea sericea ‘Silver Leaf’ Prostanthera incana is…

…is out. Not in leaf at all yet and no catkins. Betula utilis ssp.jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis ssp.jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis ssp.jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ Betula utilis ssp.jacquemontii ‘Silver…

…Cloud’ seedlings from Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ seedlings from Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Rhododendron kendrickii nearly over just below the three Michelias. Rhododendron kendrickii Rhododendron kendrickii Flowers aplenty on the…

…just missed Persea japonica in the foreground (three ‘japonicas’ in two days!). silver fir silver fir silver fir Camellia ‘Mary Costa’ just starting to show at the top of the…

…– Centaurea ‘Silver Feather’. Centaurea ‘Silver Feather’ Centaurea ‘Silver Feather’ 2023 – CHW Cones forming on Picea abies which has now been exposed to more light after our clearance work…

…have been awarded a silver medal (note, not the same as a silver gilt). But then the skulduggery starts with the RHS clearly feeling embarrassed that the key note monument…

…a fox or badger but by a pole cat. Polecat Two young roe grazing happily along the Main Ride and taking no notice of the quad bike. Deer on the…

…the number of squirrels considerably ( we are close to 100 and the visiting fox is getting fat) in our area and this year J.C. produced close to 30 flower…

…lawn on the lawn Isla nearly throwing a strop in the Tregavarras cliff fields looking towards the Dodman Point. We saw a large fox on the way there. Isla One…

…£1m pub, ‘The Fox’, in Chipping Norton. Lizzie’s mum, Alice, aged nearly 92 is coming with Elke, her nurse, who also looked after my mother.Last night I saw three pigeons…

…in the rain and no real excitement except that of course the fox trail runs into the main garden (out of bounds) and the hounds run amok amid the visitors….

…by Wisteria sinensis Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ with, as usual, exceptional secondary new growth which is pink and white becoming mottled green and white. Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’…

…cinnamon. Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ Then we get to three original michelia plants above the greenhouse which used to have lead labels…