…plants the rabbits missed. Mahonia eurybracta ‘Soft Caress’ Mahonia eurybracta ‘Soft Caress’ Saxifraga ‘Black Ruby’ – flowers fade rapidly from red to pink. Saxifraga ‘Black Ruby’ Saxifraga ‘Black Ruby’ Libertia…

…‘Soft Caress’ now full out in the nursery and the garden. Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ The bonfire of the fallen beech tree continues at The Hovel. fallen beech tree 2022…

…‘Wisley Bonfire’ starting to turn properly autumnal. Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ just out in flower. Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ Magnolia aquifolium with good autumn colour. Magnolia…

…autumn colour on Pistacia chinensis. Pistacia chinensis Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ nicely in flower – no prickles on the leaves! Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ with nice yellow…

…in a long line on tree roots by the look of it. milkcap milkcap Some sort of puffball? Possibly stump puffball or soft puffball? puffball puffball 2020 – CHW Drab…

…trees were into leaf after The Beast. Seed heads Seed heads I always have a soft spot for the (now) wild growing yellow Icelandic poppies. Asia might collect some seed…

…cut, Geraniums probably dead. The Saluensis Camellias all coming out again but no colour on any Rhodo. This frost harder than Dec 38 but plants not so soft. Hamamelis quite…

…in May it died to the ground. It broke again and made shoots of 2ft by October but very soft. 1925 – JCW Well ahead of 1922 say ten days…

…cross max x cycl. 1897 – JCW A week of soft weather, Hepatica angulosa, Chimodoxa out, first Caerhays daff shows colour, white hoop petticoat out, minimus at its best, Blood…

…var. humile with attractive flower buds and soft new growth. A very compact and neat small rounded shrub. Daphniphyllum macropodum var. humile Daphniphyllum macropodum var. humile Rhododendron ‘Lady Montague Group’…