…nursery entrance and it took two days to clear. sweet chestnut tree sweet chestnut tree Meanwhile three cups at the Rosemoor Show and an RHS Award of Merit for Jaimie’s…

…what we see here than Jelly Rot. at the base of a sweet chestnut at the base of a sweet chestnut A trip to the greenhouse reveals a number of…

…snapped off a newly planted rhododendron Some wind blow on this big leaf rhododendron and one leading branch already dead. Some wind blow on this big leaf rhododendron A newly…

…rotten at the base. horse chestnut tree horse chestnut tree horse chestnut tree 2024 – CHW As cold a day as we have had this winter. The enormous Daphne bholua…

…not stopped a squirrel making a pile of eaten ones. Sweet chestnut fruits Sweet chestnut fruits Sweet chestnut fruits Large numbers of blue seedpods nearly ripe on Decaisnea fargesii. Decaisnea…

…of the double stemmed horse chestnut end of the double stemmed horse chestnut Autumn colour on a grafted Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’ (rootstock is Acer davidii ‘George Forrest’). Acer x…

…koehneana ‘Chestnut Leaf’ as these pictures show (I hope). Ilex x koehneana ‘Chestnut Leaf’ Ilex x koehneana ‘Chestnut Leaf’ This appears to be a young ailanthus species (from Crûg) which…

…it could be. The reference books say up to 19 pair of leaflets on each leaf stalk. There seem to be 13-17 leaflets here. Elderly Mahonia Elderly Mahonia 2021 –…

…phytophthera ramorum.I have my doubts as many elderly sweet chestnut trees have been very slowly dying back in their crowns for decades. sweet chestnut trees Anyway yet more tests for…

…sweet chestnut branch split and fell sweet chestnut branch split and fell The bracts on Cornus kousa ‘Gosia’ are turning from cream to pink on the drive. An attractive tree…

…the potting shed. Euonymus carnosus Euonymus carnosus 2021 – CHW A large chestnut has fallen in Old Park. chestnut chestnut The only surviving clump of original Camellia sasanqua on the…

…Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Pygmaeum’ A gnarled old sweet chestnut that may or may not have passed the annual health and safety tree inspection report. sweet chestnut 2016 – CHW Amid the…

…at Rescassa. Rescassa Squirrel damage on a young sweet chestnut in Old Park. sweet chestnut 2019 – CHW A strange excitement at 7.20am this morning. As I sit letter writing…

…wood and back to the house which has just been reopened. avenue avenue The largest sweet chestnut I have seen other than at Belvoir. sweet chestnut The new circle in…

…pity we do not have a picture of the wrecked roof.Welcome warm rain this afternoon as the leaf on the trees fills out.Karol’s picture of the leaf stipules (scars on…

…Leaf’ with its new growth. Neolitsea sericea ‘Silver Leaf’ Pittosporum glabratum is flowering well and growing quickly. Pittosporum glabratum Pittosporum glabratum More laurel to come out to extend the planting…

…camellia camellia 2021 – CHW The tree surgeons are felling a few supposedly dead or diseased sweet chestnuts in Old Park and trying (fairly successfully) not to hit any of…

…a sweet chestnut has made a huge mess. sweet chestnut A telegraph pole at Rescassa but the beaters trailer managed to get underneath. telegraph pole A fair mess at Treluckey…

…the moss at the base of an elderly sweet chestnut tree. Tree fern seedlings The sweet chestnut is dying of old age and these two sets of fungi are starting…

…removal elsewhere along the top path in Old Park. elsewhere along the top path in Old Park A sweet chestnut trunk moved on into Lawn Field. sweet chestnut Horrendous deer…