27th April

…Plantation. Planted last December. Malus ‘Royalty’ Malus ‘Profusion’ likewise. Malus ‘Profusion’ Malus ‘Profusion’ This is labelled Rhododendron bauhiniflorum below Hovel Cart Road but it is not! Looks more like Rhododendron…

28th November

…trailing branches Malus bhutanica Malus bhutanica Malus bhutanica 3. This one with rounded red fruit might be Malus hupehensis or, conceivably, Malus x floribunda. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis I will…

8th April

…in for the Isla Rose Plantation. This is an introduction from New Zealand and is the ideal crab apple for making jelly. Malus ‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ 2018 –…

26th April

Malus ‘Candymint’. Malus ‘Candymint’ Malus ‘Candymint’ Malus transitoria. Malus transitoria Malus and daffodils in the Old Kitchen Garden. Made a video today with Karol of the first year flowering. Malus

8th May

…well. One for the new malus collection surely! Covered in flowers. Malus hupehensis Magnolia ‘Champaign’ flowering for the first time here (it is spelt correctly!). A Magnolia x loebneri variety…

24th September

…this one is going to make a good show in the Kitchen Garden too. Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ – not so different…

15th May

…Magnolia ‘Moonspire’ Malus x micromalus (Malus baccata x Malus spectabilis) is a fine show. Hillier’s says it has pink flowers! The buds are pink but the flowers are not. The…

13th April

…from below the Rockery. Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ 2019 – CHW Malus ‘Evelyn’ (Malus ioensis ‘Evelyn’) just coming out in the Isla Rose planting. First flowering with us. Malus ‘Evelyn’ Malus

10th January

…collection Malus collection Malus collection Malus collection Malus collection Malus collection The old Dog Kennels below Kitchen Garden with the stream blocked and overflowing. Dog Kennels A very wind battered…

23rd September

…share with you here our reasoning behind the plans to replant the new cleared old Kitchen Garden with a collection of flowering Malus species and varieties. Clearance of the conifers…