…staff time or the cost of the digger and Frankie to drive it. across the car park across the car park 2021 – CHW Ilex centrochinensis (or possibly Ilex corallina)…

…xxxx, Mound seedlings xx, also crino hedge xx.1959 – FJW In middle of good plant up – 7 Albas and 5 Robustas above Rookery Path – 2 Albas and 2…

…M. x loebneri below White Styles. M. x loebneri hybrid 2023 – CHW Today a viewing of the magnolias flowering on Old Park. Two flowering here for the first time…

…xylocarpum Melliodendron xylocarpum Illicium philippinense –(CWJ 12466) nearly over beside it. Illicium philippinense –(CWJ 12466) Lindera praecox looking spectacular in the Rookery. A plant we have lost elsewhere. Lindera praecox…

…latifolia Ilex latifolia Ilex latifolia Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) in Forty Acres have survived the winter uneaten. Quite unusual. Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) Holly berries (Ilex aquifolium) You should never…

…extent of the area for new planting in Old Park is now revealed. Old Park A young Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Titan’ with its first two flowers. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Titan’…

…Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’s’ in Old Park just coming to its best show. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Isla, Lamorna and Bea in Old Park. Isla, Lamorna and Bea in Old Park Magnolia…

…a columnar windbreak. Ilex yunnanensis Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei nicely out with its odd tri-lobed leaves. Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei The blown over and cut back…

…Park A bit of tidying, trunk clearance and laurel removal elsewhere along the top path in Old Park. elsewhere along the top path in Old Park A sweet chestnut trunk…

…is late into flower but not really nameworthy. unnamed hybrid Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ and Magnolia ‘Atlas’ on the drive. Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’ and Magnolia…