…the half dozen new species of crataegus to produce berries since planted two years ago. Crataegus schraderiana ‘Fire Ball’ Crataegus schraderiana ‘Fire Ball’ Crataegus schraderiana ‘Fire Ball’ Sorbus japonica with…

…planted in 2007. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Gum Ball’ Hilliers says that ‘Oconee’ has better colours that ‘Gum Ball’. This evidence would suggest the reverse. Interestingly ‘Red Star’ lost its leaves weeks…

…utilis ‘Wakehurst Place Chocolate’ Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ just coming out into flower. Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ Aralia foliosa is also newly planted with a very…

…Caerhays flower festival “Warleggan’s Bank” with coins and yellow lilies. “Warleggan’s Bank” “Warleggan’s Bank” ‘Grand Ball’ – Shasta daisies and Veronicastrum I think in the centre. ‘Grand Ball’ ‘Grand Ball’…

…ball layers aerial ball layers A secondary flower on Magnolia ‘Sundance’ on Burns Bank. The first time this has had an autumn flower. It is similar to the spring ones…

…acorns. Quercus acuta Crataegus combyi now fully ripe and splendid in the sun. Crataegus combyi Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ likewise. Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ Crataegus laevigata…

…already. Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’ A drought struck specimen box ball and a survivor! Such is life in a heatwave. These box balls brought in a lorry from overseas by…

…here are nice yellow tints. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Gum Ball’ This is Liquidambar styracifolia ‘Oconee’, which has a very similar habit to ‘Gum Ball’ but, here, has coloured up rather better…

…Mellion golf club – KPK are awarded ‘builder of the year’. The less said about the ‘dinner’ the better! Cornwall construction industry training awards At the dinner I purchase a…

…and we had no idea about the wildlife park or golf course. Sadly the pretty island of Fota and its landscape have been split up. Fota House Phyllocladus trichomanoides as…

…bush. Salix moupinense Salix moupinense Salix moupinense Crataegus ellwangeriania ‘Fire Ball’ was a gift from Bluebell Nursery. Its fruits are now fully ripe. Enormous for a thorn tree and this…

…dense shrubby habit and rounded ball like habit. Does best in full sun as here. Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Oconee’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Oconee’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Oconee’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Gumball’ (‘Gum Ball’) has…

…the pheasants are enjoying. Prunus laurocerasus A good show of berries on several species of Crataegus:- Crataegus wattiana – already shrivelling and over Crataegus wattiana Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ –…

…We used to stock other dwarf sisyrinchium. Sisyrinchium ‘E K Balls’ Sisyrinchium ‘E K Balls’ Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Fat Domino’ – a very striking red and not insipid like some of…

…Crataegus combyi Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ A group of Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ which are now 8-10ft tall. Only one of them is flowering properly and,…

…well for the first time. Crataegus wattiana Crataegus wattiana Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ Crataegus combyi – first fruits with us. Crataegus combyi Crataegus aprica Crataegus aprica…

…flower. Rhododendron prunifolium by the 4-in-Hand. Rhododendron prunifolium The very last flower on Camellia saluenensis – a 6 month flowering season. Camellia saluenensis Malus ‘Butterball’. Malus ‘Butterball’ Malus ‘Butterball’ Malus…

…the contractor to move it! The fish channel is clearly set too high and unusable by fish as well so all in all a total ‘balls up’. We had put…

…twig into the (still wet) moss ball. In another season we may have success. Our Irish friends told us that aerial layers took only a few months. Irish optimism! Our…

…have struggled with 3-4mbs of broadband speed. We may now have a solution which will not cost nearly as much as the alternatives if BT play ball.Pterocarya fraxinifolia is developing…