20th August

…as juicy as you like and being eaten by pheasants on the ground. Prunus laurocerasus Prunus laurocerasus Secondary flowers today on Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’. We saw this yesterday in the…

11th March

…fontanesiana Whitewater ‘Howw’ Leucothoe fontanesiana Whitewater ‘Howw’ Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ – a great deal better than our erratic ‘Marbled White’. Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Pittosporum dallii Schefflera delavayi…

14th March

…Aucuba himalaica var. dolichophylla Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Prunus laurocerasus ‘Castlewellan’ Amazing daffodils from Ron Scamp.‘Apricot Whirl’ ‘Apricot Whirl’ ‘Pink Glacier’ ‘Pink Glacier’ Corydalis nobilis Corydalis nobilis Grevillea x semperflorens Grevillea…

29th October

…Dove’ with brief but different autumn colours. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ Prunus laurocerasus in full flower in late October! Prunus laurocerasus Two cock pheasants devouring the fruits on Photinia villosa. Photinia…

7th February

…overrun by the floods last week. sluice gates sluice gates This track was under water as were the whole of these water meadows. track track Prunus laurocerasus about to come…

9th February

…plenty of salty gales. Quercus franchettii Amazingly Prunus laurocerasus is actually in flower already below Tin Garden. Prunus laurocerasus A female Podocarpus henkelii with ripening podocarps in profusion. Podocarpus henkelii…

30th August

laurocerasus berries below Slip Rail. The laurels are yellowish here near a huge fir tree where they bake in the sun with little moisture. Hence the berries which you seldom…

20th February

…neat and tidy job which took the team of four not much more than a day. beech tree 2019 – CHW Prunus laurocerasus – common laurel in full flower already!…

23rd February

…but now, finally, some colour. Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ Prunus laurocerasus with a multitude of flowers coming. Prunus laurocerasus 2022 – CHW The magnolia season rushes on aided by the…

25th September

…berries on Prunus laurocerasus which the pheasants are enjoying. Prunus laurocerasus A good show of berries on several species of Crataegus:- Crataegus wattiana – already shrivelling and over Crataegus wattiana…