6th April

…sneer in equal measure thinking this is good journalism.How I missed seeing Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ in its full glory yesterday I will never know but Jaimie did not and here…

20th July

…paler, young Hydrangea sargentiana at Donkey Shoe. Planted as a three but only one survives. One died because I stupidly cut it back thinking it was dead too early in…

24th June

…Shoe Manglietia below Donkey Shoe Manglietia below Donkey Shoe Manglietia below Donkey Shoe I cannot find this young Manglietia caveana on any list? Perhaps I am wrong in thinking it…

15th October

thinking that they were malus berries! Red fruits with brown spotting on them as you can see here when they are fully ripe. Quite a show today on this rare…

7th November

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10th April

…has been released from jail for paedophilia by the Australian appeal court. This set me thinking about the almost daily missives from the diocese of Truro which I now seem…

11th April

…windows are in. new laundry new laundry Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Obelisk’ coming into flower at the sales point. I am thinking of starting an Amelanchier collection next winter in Old Park….

11th August

…attached so you can see how the thinking has gone. There is not enough room for all of it so a few things need to be dropped and excluded. clearing…

2nd September

…worrying that two large magnolias are thinking its spring and already shedding the outer coverings on their flowers. The result of a mild and wet summer. A fine display of…

22nd June

…florida ‘Taiga’ really is an outstanding show. Clematis florida ‘Taiga’ Clematis florida ‘Taiga’ Delphinium ‘Wishful Thinking’ will be a pleasant bicoloured addition to next year’s catalogue. Carpinus tuczaninowii will be…