1st January

…The Hovel. ice Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ now properly out with scent. Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ in the wreath by the front door so two colours of…

Irish trip April 2018

…yellow berry despite the time of the year. The best show of this I have ever seen. Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Schefflera frangipanensis seedlings from various Vietnamese collecting…

15th December

…spines and wonderful yellowish-white edges. Ilex aquifolium ‘Golden van Tol’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Golden van Tol’ 2017 – CHW Gaultheria procumbens still with good clusters of red berries. Gaultheria procumbens Skimmia…

7th October

…need to be removed. Ilex aquifolium ‘Aurea Marginata’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Aurea Marginata’ Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Camelliifolia’ with berries turning colour. Attractive and mainly spineless leaves. Pyramidical habit. Ilex x altaclarensis…

8th October

aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Now on down onto Bond Street – sadly nothing that I photographed appears on the planting plans. This is a self or bird sown Ilex…

30th October

…rain. Lycoperdon perlatum Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ with yellow berries already. Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ The view from above the fernery. view Machilus yunnanensis (seen as seedlings in the…

6th February

…good red autumn tints on the leaves. Mahonia aquifolium Mahonia aquifolium Ribes laurifolium full out already. Ribes laurifolium Ribes laurifolium The new pallet packing shed is now finished on time!…

23rd February

…Ilex latifolia Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) in Forty Acres have survived the winter uneaten. Quite unusual. Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) You should never leave an old…

30th July

…Again the plant is demonstrating its desire to survive the drought by procreation. Mahonia aquifolium Mahonia aquifolium Then a sad progress of dead rhododendrons. This is even Rhododendron ponticum dying…

9th March

…Pieris japonica ‘Forrest Flame’, Erica arborea & Azara microphylla Camellia ‘Brigadoon’ First Prize While cutting for the show Jaimie spotted Mahonia aquifolium just coming out. Mahonia aquifolium Mahonia aquifolium The…