3rd April

…aralioides This huge bed of Gunnera manicata is above the top path in the wood. Located over a spring these rhizomes are just waking up. Gunnera manicata Gunnera manicata What…

24th February

…the top path. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedlings The first leaves appearing on Gunnera manicata in February! Gunnera manicata A young plant of Nigel Holman’s Magnolia ‘Hawk’ with a huge flower or…

6th April

…has cut back the Gunnera manicata by the dog kennels but they will still recover. Gunnera manicata Gunnera manicata The mini digger has made a good job of levelling the…

3rd March

…for the first week in March. Gunnera manicata Gunnera manicata A young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ flowering away below White Stiles. young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ A good magnolia seedling at the…

3rd June

…white form is not. Rhododendron (or Azalea if you prefer) viscosum Rhododendron (or Azalea if you prefer) viscosum The Gunnera manicata clump has its toes in a spring. Gunnera manicata

25th March

…well. Gunnera manicata Gunnera manicata Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Fukuju’ is also known as M. x soulangeana ‘Nakamura Ho’ (480). A new one to us that appears to be flowering, time…

8th January

…far. The huge rhizomes look as though the new leaves are not far away either. Gunnera manicata Gunnera manicata A magnolia has split in half on the top path preventing…

26th February

…out 1902 large scale Gunnera beds in Old Park. They have demonstrably not spread or invaded anything in 122 years and yet Gunnera manicata x Gunnera tinctoria hybrids are now…

19th June

…there is ‘nothing to see’! Rhododendron viscosum Rhododendron viscosum Rhododendron viscosum The much frosted Gunnera manicata clump above the viscosum looks absolutely fine now. Gunnera manicata A Corylus avellana ‘Red…

7th February

…us in the next few days. A walk through Old Park, then Brownberry Wood and Bond Street.Gunnera manicata and snowdrops below the old hunt kennels in a bog. They have…