…rows of desks like pews in a church. Appalling rot in the floor. Exterior iron gutters being painted inside. Half the floor removed Half the floor removed Half the floor…

…half an hour later clutching a hedgehog. Quite a good April Fools. It was safely released a good way away by Jaimie. First flowering outside after planting of Raf’s M….

…to anything nearby. Kel has cut down half the crown Kel has cut down half the crown Kel has cut down half the crown Kel has cut down half the…

…An amazing display of hollyhocks. hollyhocks hollyhocks A 150 year old apple tree on its last legs – extraordinary. apple tree The garden is half on chalk and half on…

…popemobile pass close by just before the gala night begins (4,000 tickets at £1,000 each for a two and a half hour drinks party) and the corks begin to pop….

…at the Four in Hand. Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ Another Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ just out on the drive. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ My favourite daffodil is Narcissus ‘King Alfred’ with its huge trumpets. These are…

…radiata nearly fell on the beaters’ trailer one evening three years ago. The plant split in half for no reason on a calm day and the other half was cut…

…I saw Aconite open, the rest much as in 1904. 1904 – JCW C Imperati open, coum half open, one or two Stylosa, several Nobleanum, Erica is open, Aconite open,…

…clear up here and the rest of the tree has also to come down. A large Ilex oak has split in half A large Ilex oak has split in half…

…in the early 1960s.Attached is the entry which will now this year be submitted for registration together with half a dozen pictures of the plant itself which is half out…

…JCW The first Narcissi M hume, several (10 or 15) Sirius hybrids, several Emperor, many Horsfieldii, the first D Yorke, King Alfred half, G Bell half, Dante a few. 1898…

…Sheep A pen of Batch Blue Texels. Texels And a Jacob sheep. Jacob sheep Calf judging. Calf Miniature goats. goats And miniature donkeys! donkeys Pigs in repose. Pigs Rows of…

…are nice enough too. half castes half castes This supposedly dwarf growing forsythia on the lawn was given to me to treasure and propagate by a very elderly gardener who…

…half of them. That is our experience with many old clumps here. Prefers full sun on a hot dry bank with poorish soil. Erica arborea Erica arborea Erica arborea The…

…planted and extremely rare Michelia snapped in half. rare Michelia snapped in half One of our two best ‘Blood Red’ Rhododendron arboreums blown over. ‘Blood Red’ Rhododendron arboreums In the…

…Camellia saluenensis All that is left of the fine Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ which split in half a month or so ago. The second half has now gone too but the…

…Sheila Calf, lambs, guess the name of the sheep and sheep shearing Calf, lambs, guess the name of the sheep and sheep shearing Calf, lambs, guess the name of the…

…dead A drought hit Rhododendron barbatum. Half dead. Rhododendron barbatum Polyspora axillaris aff. tonkinensis has suddenly died. Drought, cold (unlikely) or honey fungus? No sign of rotting from honey fungus…

…Burncoose website. Rhododendron ‘Graziella’ Rhododendron ‘Graziella’ At last a half decent flower on a young Rhododendron orbiculare. So many of the seedlings we have grown have very poor flowers in…

…williamsii ‘The Duchess of Cornwall’ Camellia reticulata ‘Den Burton’ – extremely good first flowering. Camellia reticulata ‘Den Burton’ Viburnum × burkwoodii ‘Mohawk’ – label split and half lost. – label…