11th April

…windows are in. new laundry new laundry Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Obelisk’ coming into flower at the sales point. I am thinking of starting an Amelanchier collection next winter in Old Park….

10th April

…has been released from jail for paedophilia by the Australian appeal court. This set me thinking about the almost daily missives from the diocese of Truro which I now seem…

7th November

…privately or publicly owned, must adapt and evolve while retaining its intrinsic essence and uniqueness that is special to Britain. Participants will engage in insightful discussions and share their thinking

15th October

thinking that they were malus berries! Red fruits with brown spotting on them as you can see here when they are fully ripe. Quite a show today on this rare…

24th June

thinking it is a Manglietia? [No it is after checking but Magnolia caveana now of course.] Manglietia caveana Manglietia caveana Manglietia caveana This one is supposedly Manglietia yuyuanensis (now Magnolia…

26th March

…this too. So current thinking is that the New Zealand ozone hole and/or the tribulations of transporting the plants 12,000 miles bare rooted has caused this discrepancy in the plants’…

30th May

…into the evening/night. Total quiet and a start to thinking about our 2016 catalogue. Karol (grumpy) and I photographed 26 plants yesterday as new entries to the 2016 catalogue but…

5th October

…flowers are yellowish not pure white. You could be forgiven for thinking that the leaves were those of a Lithocarpus. Ours is clearly wrongly named. Schima argentea Schima argentea Schima…

11th December

…of play. It will take the team at least a couple of days to rabbit wire and stake the whole lot. The team insist on a final photograph Despite thinking

7th December

…of cherries. Prunus ‘Shizuka’ Prunus ‘Shizuka’ Turpina ternata is another evergreen Crug novelty. A genus new to us which looks quite tender and some thinking will be needed to find…