…the drive where the ash tree fell recently and where we ripped out some poor Camellia reticulata seedlings in the spring. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby…

…of ash. incinerator incinerator 2020 – CHW Incredibly mild and sea fret overnight under a full moon. The camellias are rushing out day by day in the warmth and sun…

…Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ has now dropped all its leaves. Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ Pruning has been completed on the ash and beech trees alongside Tin Garden to give the laurel more…

…and, indeed, why they grow so quickly. Here Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ is still in full leaf while oak, ash, sycamore, chestnut and beech have long shed. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Over…

…younger ash trees) in the hedgerows is alarming this year. The usually resilient Cornish elms on the Vean drive have already got 9 casualties to take down. dead elms dead…

…greater disrepair. This proposal is the latest in a long series of restoration projects stretching from the Vean (derelict), the Nash arch in Battery Walk and repairs to the tower…

…as it appeared earlier this week in the Telegraph.The oak is definitely out into leaf well before the ash (again) this year so we are in for a ‘splash’ and…

…or so after the end of flowering. Styrax wilsonii Clethra monostachya nearly over on most flower panicles. The one below the ash pit is spreading in habit but this one…

…Quite the magnolia find of the year! Magnolia macrophylla subsp ashei Magnolia macrophylla subsp ashei Magnolia macrophylla subsp ashei Magnolia macrophylla subsp ashei An odd, misshapen flower underneath a Magnolia…

…from the Lovegrove’s Hill Farm near Bembridge facing south. Ash disease is taking hold all over the farm. view from the Lovegrove’s Hill Farm 2018 – CHW The garden here…

…the islands on Lake Patrick have been cleared of trees. Two very dead ash trees carted away by Ross. islands on Lake Patrick have been cleared of trees islands on…

…var. williamsii. Primula obconica subsp. werringtonensi Primula reidii var. williamsii Ross had now started work clearing the fallen Ilex oak at The Vean. A nearby ash tree has also been…

…it! Lizzie Fraxinus ornus – manna ash 35 years after planting. Fraxinus ornus Rhododendron ‘Fastuosum flore pleno’ full out but a bit paler than the Caerhays form. Rhododendron ‘Fastuosum flore…

…on to a tour of the garden at Carnanton which has quickly developed over the last 20 years into something excellent and well worth opening to the public. Ash disease…

…so (one of three in a roadside verge). Steve and Clare in the office cannot put a name to it either. Investigations continue! It is Fraxinus ornus or manna ash….

…cold winds and then two huge ash trees fell through them. Only two remain scarred but one has a few very pale near white flowers. There were species other than…

…2. 5 Beeches, Ashes etc in Rookery. 3. Ash by Rookery Gate. 4. Big Insignis near Rookery Gate – knocked out R Cuneatum. 5. Beech above Veitchii + 3 poplars…