…Fontainebleau’. Vitis vinifera ‘Chasselas de Fontainebleau’ Vitis vinifera ‘Pikurka’. Vitis vinifera ‘Pikurka’ Vitis vinifera ‘Vanessa’. Vitis vinifera ‘Vanessa’ Lichen and water lilies. Lichen and water lilies The view back towards…

…or two still and plenty of red berries. Vaccinum vitis-idaea ‘Fireballs’ Vaccinum vitis-idaea ‘Fireballs’ Vaccinum vitis-idaea ‘Fireballs’ Twenty full trolleys of plants bought from Lanhydrock nursery as it closed. A…

…coignetiae has turned red earlier than usual. Vitis coignetiae Vitis coignetiae Astonishing growth on the supposedly very tender Calliandra surinamensis. No flowers here but plenty in August on the nursery…

…in cluster flies on the curtains in the tower and in the Rabbit Warren which is usually unlettable in October. Vitis coignettiae Vitis coignettiae 1996 – FJW Trip around with…

…Vinca major Vitis coignetiae colouring nicely as it grows (yet again) through the Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ beside the lawn. Vitis coignetiae The last of the old Camellia sasanquas through the…

…new variety. Helleborus Frostkiss ‘Cheryls Shine’ Helleborus Frostkiss ‘Cheryls Shine’ Vaccinum vitis-idaea ‘Fireballs’ was another brand new plant to us from Holland. Striking red berries on this dwarf and rather…

…Swan’. Anemone ‘Elfin Swan’ 2025 – CHW A repaired pond at Robert’s Hill Farm. A repaired pond As usual the Vitis Ampelopsis brevipedunculata is flowering away profusely in a way…

…part by Vitis coignetiae. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis A supposedly short service and debate in Gorran church about the major parish reorganisation proposed by the diocese and the deanery. The…