…dallii Pittosporum dallii Pittosporum dallii Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ would make an easy spring bulb pot sale with little effort. Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ Chionodoxa forbesii…

…the greenhouse. A giant indeed but nowhere near as large as our campbellii alba seedling pictured a few days ago. Magnolia ‘Mossmans Giant’ Magnolia ‘Mossmans Giant’ Magnolia ‘Mossmans Giant’ Magnolia…

…Rider’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ largely unfrosted. Strange shape as the bud unfurls. Camellia ‘Giant White’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ First leaves on Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’ coming into leaf…

…so. The adjacent Loderi ‘King George’ is over but some years the two coincide. CORNUS florida ‘Red giant’ CORNUS florida ‘Red giant’ CORNUS florida ‘Red giant’ 1997 – FJW Delias…

…but is in shade so the bracts could be darker in full sun. Cornus florida ‘Red Giant’ Cornus florida ‘Red Giant’ Cornus florida ‘Red Giant’ Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ has very…

…Scabious’ was living up to its name with white flowers. Five to six feet tall. Very difficult to grow in a pot! Ligularia gigantea ‘Giant Scabious’ Ligularia gigantea ‘Giant Scabious’…

…Giant’ Magnolia ‘Mossman’s Giant’ Magnolia zenii Magnolia zenii 2019 – CHW Above the greenhouse today.Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ has the odd flower out. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Todds Fortyniner’ is still…

…below the root crop in Big Barn Hills field. Growing beside it is common Melilot which was part of an earlier wild bird mix crop and is not native although…

…of flowers. It has been out for at least four months now in full sun. Camellia ‘Giant White’ Camellia ‘Giant White’ One of Jaimie’s hybrids above Crinodendron Hedge has a…

…in reality but a particularly good one with huge flowers. Well worth its place. Magnolia ‘Mossmans Giant’ Magnolia ‘Mossmans Giant’ Then we picked out 15 magnolias and assorted hardier trees…

…trumpet. Interestingly they have crossed with the ‘ordinary’ snowdrops nearby and produced two clumps of half giants nearby. Any idea of the correct name anyone? giant snowdrops giant snowdrops The…

…years’ time. Magnolia ‘Todds Forty Niner’, the first pre Christmas magnolia, is now over but with leaf coming. Magnolia ‘Mossmans Giant’ Magnolia ‘Mossmans Giant’ Magnolia ‘Todds Forty Niner’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays…

…Giant’ just out in Tin Garden. Bulbs planted in the autumn and out earlier than expected. Leujocum aestivum ‘Gravetye Giant’ Leujocum aestivum ‘Gravetye Giant’ First flowers after the pollarding two-and-a-half…

…‘Aureum’ Acer cappadocicum ‘Aureum’ Cornus florida ‘Red Giant’ slowly emerging into colour. Cornus florida ‘Red Giant’ Cornus florida ‘Red Giant’ Ilex yunnanensis with new growth and flower showing. I saw…

…Cows and calves Pedigree Saler cows and calves in Little Barn Hills. Salers have white ends to their tails. These are very high class cattle. Saler cows and calves Saler…

…riding as usual searching all the time in the hills for a white form of Australis; luck favoured me and I found a good plant of it. Naturally we shall…

…along the roadsides below Two Hills which will one day be a feature avenue. Carpinus betulus Carpinus betulus A few nasty looking red fungi on the lawn which the pheasants…

…a Teucrium. Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica The view from Ventonveth to Corwenna hills which we restored from scrub in the 1990s. Corwenna hill The hedges are a mess and need…

…bark right up into its extremities which looks wonderful in the evening sun. Acer griseum Acer griseum A giant mushroom, larger than Michael’s hand, has appeared on the lawn. Jaimie…

…huge clearing Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ a bit weather beaten but a better colour than photographed a month or so ago elsewhere. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ A giant schefflera which we always…