…Pinus pinaster Pinus pinaster This is Prunus perulata (which had also been called Prunus pilosiuscala and I read a further renaming in a recent Tree Register article) which was covered…

…other half of the tree split out some years ago. The Pinus was probably only around, or just over, a hundred years old. Pinus pinaster Pinus pinaster Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise…

…Magnolia ernestii 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….

…Lithocarpus hancei Lithocarpus hancei A dangling branch from an old Pinus pinaster. Pinus pinaster Magnolia x loebneri ‘Raspberry Fun’ now full out and splendid. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia…

…Cinnamomum 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….