20th August

…to look at the next door record tree. Pinus pinaster Pinus pinaster This is Prunus perulata (which had also been called Prunus pilosiuscala and I read a further renaming in…

15th December

…years old. Pinus pinaster Pinus pinaster Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’ looking very fine on the drive. It has been full out for about 10 days. Rather later into flower than…

12th February

…japonicum suckers Cinnamomum japonicum Cinnamomum japonicum knobbly bark Cinnamomum japonicum mature bark A tidy up around the, once record tree, Pinus pinaster which fell a year or so ago. Pinus…

31st March

…Trunks from the once record tree Pinus pinaster rot away in a laurel hedge as we are now encouraged to do for biodiversity rather than burning them up. Pinus pinaster

11th April

…Garden’ Wonderful trunks and bark on Lithocarpus hancei. Lithocarpus hancei Lithocarpus hancei A dangling branch from an old Pinus pinaster. Pinus pinaster Magnolia x loebneri ‘Raspberry Fun’ now full out…