25th July

…from brownish to green overnight. It is doubtful that we will get the grass cut a week ago on the banks above the front door raked up and burnt as…

24th October

…avellana just coming out into flower also by Georges Hut. Gevuina avellana Gevuina avellana Tim has cut the banks for the second time leaving the cyclamen to be lightly strimmed…

12th October

…the wildflower seeds on the banks. We have finally given up and cut them. Sadly we will have cut off many cyclamen flowers in the process. wildflower seeds on the…

6th December

…Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ at Donkey Shoe. This was named after Joseph Witt, former curator of Washington Park Arboretum in Oregon. A gift from John Anderson. Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’…

6th January

…ago. The original plant was one of Jimmy Smart’s hybrids from Marwood Hill which the late Laurence Banks thought might have been lost at Marwood. First flower not properly formed…

17th September

…what was out in flower or in berry. After the grass cutting on the banks the autumn cyclamen (Cyclamen hederifolium) have suddenly appeared in profusion. Pink and white forms. A…

15th September

…gift from Hergest Croft Gardens (Lawrence & Elizabeth Banks) and is clearly very rare. Clearly tender too so it must come back inside for the winter. Here are its first…

13th September

…on buying corms from Turkey at the turn of the century and they have naturalised readily on the banks around the castle. The true Cyclamen hederifolium are rose pink but…

12th September

…mushrooms. button mushrooms Cyclamen already showing up over the grass cut only a week ago on the banks outside the front door. Cyclamen First time flowering for another fine Hedychium…

27th July

…on the banks. Knapweed Very large flower heads on Rubus ichangensis. Last year the fruit was only ripe in November. Rubus ichangensis Vaccinum megaphyllum (HWS 515) from Rob White flowering…