7th March

…picture of these two. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ and Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’ Rhododendron ‘Ginny Gee’ just coming out in the Rockery. ‘Wee Bee’ nowhere near out yet. Rhododendron ‘Ginny Gee’…

8th April

…association newsletters have been useful in the last two weeks as well. Amusingly the Scottish government has decreed that country houses open and with visitor businesses are not eligible (in…

12th April

…assamica Pinus ponderosa Pinus ponderosa Salix magnifica Salix magnifica Salix fargesii Salix fargesii Populus purdomii Populus purdomii Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ – just one flower out. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Tilia amurensis…

9th April

…Rookery. The trunk is inside the laurel hedge so can rot away on its own. fallen beech tree fallen beech tree This rhododendron has the most wonderful internal pink striping…

2nd May

…for now. Magnolia ‘Ula’ Magnolia ‘Ula’ Magnolia ‘Ula’ Crataegus miuvacis has been in the ground for 6 years and now performing well but I do not remember and decent fruits…

1st May

…in May even as the new growth emerges! Cotoneaster glabratus Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ nearly out but flowering only at the very top of the tree. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ 2022 –…

29th April

…Honeybee’ is hardly showing as yet. Rain urgently needed. Magnolia acuminata var subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ Magnolia acuminata var subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ A rather sickly Rhododendron ‘Trewithen Orange’. They are always…

10th May

…be in tight enough bud to cut in a week’s time for Chelsea and which will remain looking decent for the week of the show itself.It has been a very…

10th March

…happened but fortunately no other tree is left that could repeat this. fallen beech tree fallen beech tree Many small rhododendrons and the nursery bed fence smashed up, but a…

9th July

…cutting has been taken! cutting has been taken 2019 – CHW Off to the island’s main tomato grower in a 37 hectare site. We cannot actually look at any tomatoes…