28th February

arborea Erica arborea Erica arborea Erica arborea 2019 – CHW The glorious weather continues. We are a month earlier magnolia wise than I can ever remember. Magnolia ‘Theodora’ just coming…

13th March

…intermedia ‘Lynwood’ looking splendid. Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Rubus tricolor looking good with Erica arborea. Rubus tricolor looking good with Erica arborea Unfrosted Echium pininana and…

19th March

…bottlebrush. Calothamnus quadrifolius Calothamnus quadrifolius Calothamnus quadrifolius Calothamnus quadrifolius Agathosma capensis – aniseed buchu – highly scented foliage. Agathosma capensis Phylica arborea – island cape myrtle. Phylica arborea Phylica arborea

12th February

…here. Prefers full sun on a hot dry bank with poorish soil. Erica arborea Erica arborea Erica arborea The dwarfish scented narcissi outside the Dining Room are just going over….

1st December

…in Hand have been out for a few weeks already. Erica arborea Erica arborea Nearby the men have downed another row of leylandii and bay trees below the greenhouses to…

4th December

…out above the castle. No scent today late afternoon. Erica arborea Erica arborea Worrying that this brick buttress on the top wall is breaking up largely caused by an ilex…

27th December

…too damp for any scent today. Erica arborea Erica arborea Ripe fruit at last on Rubus ichangensis below the greenhouse. Tasty although tiny with red calyxes. Rubus ichangensis Sarcococca ruscifolia…

17th November

…in 100 years? Erica arborea Erica arborea 2004 – FJW Drive camellias well out. 1940 – CW Still several fuchsias. Camellia oleifera with several flowers in the wood. Picked several…

19th November

…with yellowing foliage on the long tendrils of new growth from the nearby wisteria. Erica arborea Erica arborea The new shop is getting there but by no means finished yet….

19th February

…by the frost / cold wind earlier this week. Erica arborea Erica arborea The Magnolia mollicomata seedling through the arch has moved on a bit with the odd flower blown…